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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Roberto expresses a fear to the unnamed narrator about which person in his dreams coming to get him?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Polpot.
(c) Joseph Kony.
(d) The Tooth Fairy.

2. What color is the chair at Mount Sinai Hospital that has "the immediate effect of making" the unnamed narrator "feel ungainly, gangly in [his] paper gown" (5)?
(a) Red.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

3. How old is the unnamed narrator in narrative present?
(a) 42.
(b) 38.
(c) 27.
(d) 33.

4. How many images in total are presented within Part One of 10:04?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

5. From what country did Roberto originally hail?
(a) Venezuela.
(b) San Salvador.
(c) Peru.
(d) Cuba.

6. The reader is reminded that the unnamed narrator chose to use the name Liza to represent Alex due to what reason?
(a) It had been her father's second choice for her name.
(b) It had been her mother's second choice for her name.
(c) It had been the name of her beloved grandmother.
(d) It had been the name of her deceased little sister.

7. The author sets up an appointment to have what procedure performed?
(a) Appendectomy.
(b) Tonsil removal.
(c) Gallbladder removal.
(d) Wisdom tooth removal.

8. How many hours in advance of the author's medical appointment must he call to choose a method of sedation?
(a) 24.
(b) 72.
(c) 48.
(d) 36.

9. Just after a photograph of an astronaut is presented in Part One, the narrator says that "an unusually large cyclonic system with a warm core was approaching" (16) what location?
(a) New York City.
(b) Boston.
(c) The East coast.
(d) The West coast.

10. The reader is reminded that the unnamed narrator had planned to use the name Mary in his novel to represent which of his real acquaintances?
(a) Sharon.
(b) Alex.
(c) Liza.
(d) Alena.

11. In what state do Natali and Bernard live?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) Delaware.
(c) New York.
(d) Pennsylvania.

12. Roberto tells the unnamed narrator that he has a recurring dream about what future event?
(a) The second Big Bang.
(b) The Second Coming of Christ.
(c) California sinking into the sea.
(d) Another ice age.

13. The scene at the bar in Part Two: The Golden Vanity transitions to a scene in which the author appears to speak with which character?
(a) Mary.
(b) Liza.
(c) Dr. Roberts.
(d) Hannah.

14. The unnamed narrator was recently diagnosed with a defect of what body part?
(a) The kidney.
(b) The spine.
(c) The heart.
(d) The liver.

15. When the novel opens, the unnamed narrator is walking along with which character?
(a) His agent.
(b) His sister.
(c) His cousin.
(d) His best friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. The morning of the author's planned blind date with Hannah, he calls which character to ask for company on the day of his medical procedure?

2. How old is the third-grader named Roberto?

3. The epigraph of the novel 10:04 cites a story by which group of people?

4. The unnamed narrator and Alex are looking at a painting of which historical figure when she asks him to provide the sperm for her child?

5. How many people in total have drinks together on the occasion when the author and Hannah first meet?

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