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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "American Express" pages 25-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of the story's first section, what is Alan trying to decide about Frank?
(a) Whether Frank knows how to make himself happy.
(b) Whether Frank is secretly insecure.
(c) Whether there is something missing inside Frank.
(d) Whether Frank is really his friend.

2. Where is Alan's family from?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Hartford.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Cleveland.

3. Why does Brenda not want to take the promotion she has been offered?
(a) She does not want to move to the Washington, D.C. office.
(b) She does not think she would be able to do the job.
(c) She does not think much of the man she would be working for.
(d) She does not think it would be a good idea to be working so closely with Frank.

4. From context, what is the best interpretation of the word "hot" in Alan's comment about the new receptionist: "She's hot" (26)?
(a) She is angry about something.
(b) She is sexually available.
(c) She is uncomfortably warm.
(d) She is physically attractive.

5. On the summer night when Alan and Frank go to Brenda's apartment, why do they end up missing her party?
(a) They misunderstood when it was supposed to start.
(b) They have been working late.
(c) They have been out drinking.
(d) They were not actually invited.

Short Answer Questions

1. From context, what is likely true about the Century Club?

2. What is implied in the discussion of the case that Alan's father tries "in another part of the state" (25)?

3. What does Frank say New York is divided into?

4. What is Alan's page 33 assessment of Cummings, their classmate who now serves in Congress?

5. What is implied when Brenda meets "a handsome Dutchman who worked for a bank" (30)?

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