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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 knee.
(b) His foot.
(c) His hand.
(d) His throat.

2. How many minutes of the unnamed narrator's shift at the co-op passes during Noor's story?
(a) 30.
(b) 45.
(c) 60.
(d) 90.

3. To whose apartment does the unnamed narrator go after he leaves the literary dinner in Part Three?
(a) Alena.
(b) Jon.
(c) Alex.
(d) Sharon.

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. Alena recently acquired a great deal of what type of art?
(a) Totaled.
(b) Pop.
(c) Baroque.
(d) Impressionistic.

6. Looking at what sight always gives the unnamed narrator a "small thrill" (107)?
(a) The small of a woman's back.
(b) The onset of nighttime.
(c) A sunrise.
(d) Manhattan's skyline.

7. In what year did the tragedy discussed by the unnamed narrator at the literary event occur?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1980.

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 intern.
(b) The unnamed narrator.
(c) Diane.
(d) Monika.

9. What is NOT a source to which people have ascribed "the Marfa Lights," though scientists claim they are "atmospheric reflections" (192)?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Ignis fatuus.
(c) Drones.
(d) UFOs.

10. 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.

11. When the unnamed narrator feels "too tired to write" (173) one day during his residency he watches The Passion of Joan of Arc, the favorite film of which character?
(a) Sharon.
(b) Natali.
(c) Alena.
(d) Alex.

12. What word does the unnamed narrator use to describe Alena's fourth-floor apartment?
(a) Infinitesimal.
(b) Tiny.
(c) Huge.
(d) Giant.

13. When the unnamed narrator attending the private showing of a particular artist's works, he says, "The works felt first and foremost like a" (179) what?
(a) Celebration.
(b) Travesty.
(c) Memorial.
(d) Breath of fresh air.

14. How many hours does it take for Michael to drive the unnamed narrator from the airport to his residency house?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator brings a single book written by which author along with him for the period of his residency?

2. What form of communication does the unnamed narrator use to sporadically communicate with Alex during his residency?

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

4. At which airport is the unnamed narrator picked up by "Michael, the caretaker of the residency houses" (163)?

5. For what purpose does the unnamed narrator choose the particular book he brings along on the residency?

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