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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The unnamed narrator states in Part Four that he must have absolute quiet to engage in which activity?
(a) Reading.
(b) Writing.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Bathing.

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

5. 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) Frost.
(d) Whitman.

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

7. 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) Lupus.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Tuberculosis.

8. To what hospital does the unnamed narrator go at the beginning of Part Three?
(a) Kaiser-Permanente Hospital.
(b) St. Christopher Hospital.
(c) New-York Presbyterian Hospital.
(d) El Camino Hospital.

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

10. 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) Monika.
(d) Diane.

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

12. Alex cautions the unnamed narrator in Part Three not to write about what kinds of issues?
(a) Existential issues.
(b) Financial issues.
(c) Law issues.
(d) Medical issues.

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

14. The unnamed narrator tells the distinguished female author at dinner that which of his body fluids is "abnormal" (121)?
(a) Blood.
(b) Saliva.
(c) Urine.
(d) Semen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many "substantial lines" does the intern do "in quick succession" (185) in an attempt to impress the unnamed narrator at the party?

2. 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?

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

4. In Part Four, the unnamed narrator begins a writers' residency in which Texas city?

5. On what floor of the hospital is the fertility office, where the unnamed narrator is scheduled to give a semen sample?

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