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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the unnamed narrator react to holding pieces of a sculpture?
(a) He is silent.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He is disgusted.
(d) He cries.

2. At what point in the party does the unnamed narrator decide not to use what he believes is cocaine?
(a) After he has already done a line.
(b) After he has gone swimming.
(c) After he has had a few drinks.
(d) After he has decided to go swimming.

3. What task is the unnamed narrator supposed to be working on during the residency?
(a) Expanding his short story into a novel.
(b) Expanding his novel into a series.
(c) Expanding his book of poetry into a novel.
(d) Collapsing his novel into a short story.

4. How many "substantial lines" does the intern do "in quick succession" (185) in an attempt to impress the unnamed narrator at the party?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

5. The unnamed narrator states in Part Three that he had been talking about his "performance anxiety with Jon and Sharon and Alena" (89) for how many weeks prior to his appointment to give a semen sample?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 10.

6. What percentage of the unnamed narrator's bill at the hospital in Part Three is covered by his insurance?
(a) 0.
(b) 50.
(c) 20.
(d) 70.

7. From what type of establishment does the unnamed narrator buy his groceries throughout his residency in Texas?
(a) A gas station.
(b) A supermarket.
(c) An organic grocery store.
(d) A farmers' market.

8. After the art showing, when the unnamed narrator goes to dinner at Cochineal, which character gets interrupted each time he tries to contribute to the conversation?
(a) The unnamed narrator.
(b) Diane.
(c) Monika.
(d) The intern.

9. When the unnamed narrator returns to hear the rest of Noor's story, how many minutes must he wait while everyone else stops listening?
(a) 20.
(b) 5.
(c) 30.
(d) 10.

10. At what time of day does the unnamed narrator reach his residency house in Texas?
(a) Late morning.
(b) Early morning.
(c) Late afternoon.
(d) The middle of the night.

11. On what floor of the hospital is the fertility office, where the unnamed narrator is scheduled to give a semen sample?
(a) 2nd.
(b) 7th.
(c) 6th.
(d) 4th.

12. To what type of restaurant did Noor's mother take her to tell her the identity of her biological father?
(a) Mexican.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Italian.
(d) French.

13. What form of communication does the unnamed narrator use to sporadically communicate with Alex during his residency?
(a) Text messages.
(b) Skype.
(c) Email.
(d) Phone calls.

14. The pills used to treat the unnamed narrator's heart condition "have the paradoxical effect of causing a minor tremor in" (163) what part of his body?
(a) His foot.
(b) His throat.
(c) His hand.
(d) His knee.

15. The unnamed narrator brings a single book written by which author along with him for the period of his residency?
(a) Frost.
(b) Twain.
(c) Capote.
(d) Whitman.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator states that "the most riveting and disturbing and particular passages" of his one book "are about" (166) which topic?

2. What object inside the unnamed narrator's pocket does he keep patting as he approaches the hospital?

3. Who pays the whole bill for everyone's dinner at Cochineal in Part Four?

4. What word does the unnamed narrator use to describe Alena's fourth-floor apartment?

5. When the unnamed narrator rises for his first full day in Marfa, he finds his face covered in what substance?

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