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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine, Linguine and Sympathy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item(s) is the narrator always leaving in taxis?
(a) Umbrellas.
(b) His glasses.
(c) Phone numbers.
(d) His wallet.

2. Why does the narrator dislike going home?
(a) His apartment is a slum and infested with cockroaches.
(b) He lives with an unruly roommate.
(c) His apartment is haunted with thoughts of his ex-wife.
(d) He lives with his nagging mother.

3. How does the narrator convince himself to stay out with Tad instead of just going home?
(a) The narrator tells himself Tad has never let him down.
(b) The narrator knows he has a serious addiction and needs the drugs.
(c) The narrator just wants a pick-me-up, then will leave for home.
(d) The narrator tells himself he will find another woman to love if he stays out.

4. Who has left a message for him inside the apartment?
(a) Amanda.
(b) Michael.
(c) His father.
(d) Tad Allagash.

5. What relationship of Megan's surprises the narrator?
(a) She has a daughter.
(b) She lives with her mother.
(c) She has a son.
(d) She is actually married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator give to Megan?

2. Does the narrator enjoy dancing with Elaine?

3. How does Allagash help explain Amanda's omnipresence in the apartment?

4. What street performer do Vicky and the narrator watch at Sheridan Square?

5. To what does the narrator compare Vicky's childhood?

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