View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the unnamed narrator attends a party in Part Four, he finds that the guests in the kitchen are different from the other guests in what way?
(a) They are younger.
(b) They are older.
(c) They are poets.
(d) They are novelists.

2. One morning, the unnamed narrator wakes up to find that what noisy activity is going on nearby?
(a) Pressure washing.
(b) Street hockey.
(c) Roof work.
(d) Yard work.

3. The unnamed narrator states that "the most riveting and disturbing and particular passages" of his one book "are about" (166) which topic?
(a) The French-Indian War.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) The Spanish-American War.

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

5. How many lines of what turns out to be ketamine does the unnamed narrator do at the party in Part Four?
(a) 0.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

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

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

8. On what day of the week does the unnamed narrator arrive at his residency house?
(a) Friday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Monday.

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

10. 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) Natali.
(b) Alena.
(c) Alex.
(d) Sharon.

11. What form of communication does the unnamed narrator use to communicate with Alena during his residency?
(a) Text messages.
(b) Phone calls.
(c) None.
(d) Email.

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

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) Breath of fresh air.
(b) Travesty.
(c) Memorial.
(d) Celebration.

14. Alex tells the unnamed narrator to remember that he had felt responsible for his mother's diagnosis of what malady?
(a) Heart disease.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Shingles.

15. When the unnamed narrator rises for his first full day in Marfa, he finds his face covered in what substance?
(a) Flour.
(b) Blood.
(c) Paint.
(d) Makeup.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what type of establishment does the unnamed narrator buy his groceries throughout his residency in Texas?

2. At the end of Part Four, the unnamed narrator finally figures out that the man who had greeted him at the bookstore has what name?

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

4. The unnamed narrator tells the distinguished female author that his next book will involve a woman lying about having which malady?

5. How do Alena and Peter react to the unnamed narrator's response to the art in Alena's apartment?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 539 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample