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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The unnamed narrator guesses that the receptionist at the fertility office is how old?
(a) 38.
(b) 18.
(c) 70.
(d) 25.

2. To what location is the unnamed narrator referring when he has the distinguished female author in hysterical laughter over the "masturbatorium" (125)?
(a) The gay bar.
(b) The library.
(c) The porn theater.
(d) The fertility clinic.

3. How many active members belong to the food co-op where the unnamed narrator meets Noor?
(a) 2,500.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 5,000.

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

5. The unnamed narrator must leave in the middle of Noor's story one day during their shift to check if which item is in stock?
(a) Prunes.
(b) Dried mangoes.
(c) Artichokes.
(d) Figs.

6. At which airport is the unnamed narrator picked up by "Michael, the caretaker of the residency houses" (163)?
(a) El Paso.
(b) Dallas.
(c) Houston.
(d) Austin.

7. How do Alena and Peter react to the unnamed narrator's response to the art in Alena's apartment?
(a) They shriek.
(b) They whisper.
(c) They cry.
(d) They laugh.

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

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

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

11. 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 novelists.
(b) They are younger.
(c) They are poets.
(d) They are older.

12. 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) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

13. During the unnamed narrator's residency, he must have what objects mailed to his temporary address in Texas?
(a) Medications.
(b) Literary contracts.
(c) Tax forms.
(d) His agent's notes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator's residency house is located across the street from which poet's former home?

2. Noor tells the unnamed narrator that her late father had shared a "strong sense" of what kind of "identity" (99) with her?

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

4. 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?

5. In what field does Alena's friend Peter work?

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