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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. What is the name of the single book the unnamed narrator brings along with him for his residency in Texas?
(a) Evolution Days.
(b) Specimen Days.
(c) Creosote Days.
(d) Natural Days.

4. The unnamed narrator's residency house is located across the street from which poet's former home?
(a) Mark Strand.
(b) Seamus Heaney.
(c) Robert Frost.
(d) Robert Creeley.

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

6. 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?
(a) Paul.
(b) Norman.
(c) Charles.
(d) Jeff.

7. Which element of the physical world never gives the unnamed narrator a "little thrill" (107)?
(a) The sky.
(b) The natural world.
(c) Built space.
(d) The ocean.

8. On the day the unnamed narrator ventures out to the Marfa Book Company, he has "gone more than" how many "weeks without really speaking to anyone" (175)?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

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

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

12. What three words of advice does the distinguished female author give to the unnamed narrator after they hug their goodbyes?
(a) Read the horoscope.
(b) Take no chances.
(c) Be very careful.
(d) Do it all.

13. About what subject does the unnamed narrator pontificate when the intern begs him to speak aloud?
(a) Pluto's demoted status.
(b) The spawning of salmon.
(c) The qualities of the equator.
(d) The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.

14. The unnamed narrator tells the distinguished female author that his next book will involve a woman lying about having which malady?
(a) Multiple sclerosis.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Lupus.
(d) Tuberculosis.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what time of day does the unnamed narrator reach his residency house in Texas?

3. 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?

4. How many minutes of the unnamed narrator's shift at the co-op passes during Noor's story?

5. The distinguished female author tells the unnamed narrator that when she was in the first grade, she openly laughed when given the news that which person had died?

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