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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once Alex and the unnamed narrator make it to Alex's apartment, they hear through what medium that "the storm would make landfall around 4:00 a.m." (20)?
(a) Television.
(b) Podcast.
(c) Radio.
(d) Newspaper.

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

3. 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) Liza.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Josh.

4. 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.

5. Which creature is the focus of the book the unnamed narrator and Roberto plan to write together?
(a) The unicorn.
(b) The Yeti.
(c) The brontosaurus.
(d) The Loch Ness monster.

6. Liza laughingly compares the author to which historical figure once he announces that he will opt for local anesthesia?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Patton.
(c) Joan of Arc.
(d) Napoleon.

7. How many people in total have drinks together on the occasion when the author and Hannah first meet?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

8. 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) Whole Foods.
(c) Kroger.
(d) Von's.

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

10. The author states that in what month, his walks with Liza are dominated by conversation about methods of sedation?
(a) September.
(b) April.
(c) December.
(d) October.

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

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

13. What body of water do Liza and the author reach just before the author says he has decided to opt for local anesthesia?
(a) A lake.
(b) A river.
(c) A bay.
(d) An ocean.

14. In what type of establishment is the author waiting for someone at the beginning of Part Two: The Golden Vanity?
(a) An auto body shop.
(b) A taxidermy shop.
(c) A coffee shop.
(d) A library.

15. Alex and the unnamed narrator "had not become best friends until [they] found [themselves] almost neighbors in" (7) which borough?
(a) Queens.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) The Bronx.

Short Answer Questions

1. By narrative present, the unnamed narrator has been tutoring Roberto for how many months?

2. 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)?

3. How old is the unnamed narrator in narrative present?

4. How many images in total are presented within Part One of 10:04?

5. The reader is reminded that the unnamed narrator chose to use the name Liza to represent Alex due to what reason?

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