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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event had the narrator and his agent just celebrated with a fancy dinner in Chelsea?
(a) The narrator's next novel had been a hot commodity among the major publishing houses.
(b) The agent's promotion.
(c) The narrator's newest novel has just been completed.
(d) The narrator's previous novel had been purchased for movie rights.

2. How many months before the agent and the narrator's fancy dinner in Chelsea did the agent tell him she thought he could 'get a strong six-figure' advance based on a story" (3) he had written for the New Yorker?
(a) 12.
(b) A few.
(c) Many.
(d) Two.

3. At which grocery store does Alex insist on meeting the unnamed narrator so that she can buy a special kind of tea?
(a) Alpha Beta.
(b) Kroger.
(c) Von's.
(d) Whole Foods.

4. Which museum do the unnamed narrator and Alex often visit together on weekday afternoons?
(a) The Smithsonian.
(b) The Guggenheim.
(c) The Metropolitan Museum.
(d) MOMA.

5. During the first meeting of Hannah and the author, she explains what term to him that "he'd never heard" (68)?
(a) Pareidolia.
(b) Mercurochrome.
(c) Synesthesia.
(d) Apoplexy.

6. Liza tells the author that he would save how many dollars by opting for local anesthesia?
(a) $100.
(b) $200.
(c) $150.
(d) $300.

7. At what type of school had the author been teaching before taking his leave of absence?
(a) A technical school.
(b) A charter school.
(c) A college.
(d) A private high school.

8. The reader is reminded that the unnamed narrator had planned to use the name Josh in his novel to represent which of his real acquaintances?
(a) Alex.
(b) Dr. Andrews.
(c) David.
(d) Jon.

9. 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?
(a) Mary.
(b) Hannah.
(c) Josh.
(d) Liza.

10. The unnamed narrator recalls the day Alex told him during a walk on Atlantic that which member of her family "had been diagnosed in a late stage" (7)?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her grandmother.

11. How many days after the author's medical procedure does he receive a phone call about his abnormal X-ray telling him to see a neurologist?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

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

13. The epigraph of the novel 10:04 cites a story by which group of people?
(a) The shamans.
(b) The Sikhs.
(c) The Turks.
(d) The Hassidim.

14. 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 the name of her beloved grandmother.
(b) It had been the name of her deceased little sister.
(c) It had been her father's second choice for her name.
(d) It had been her mother's second choice for her name.

15. Liza is described by the author as having a tendency to "begin an activity" (62) by taking what action?
(a) Listing its dangers.
(b) Listing its pros and cons.
(c) Enlisting others to help.
(d) Claiming that she would have no part in it.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author worries about "what kind of precedent [he is] establishing" (63) if he deals with the medical operation by taking what action?

2. The author states that in what month, his walks with Liza are dominated by conversation about methods of sedation?

3. The unnamed narrator remarks that the chair at Mount Sinai Hospital had "been designed for" (5) whom?

4. The unnamed narrator recalls his class writing letters to which historical figure when he was 7 years old at Randolph Elementary School?

5. When the scene of the first meeting of Hannah and the author comes to an end, what is included just prior to the page break?

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