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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 mood is the narrator in as he goes to bed after the date?
(a) For the first time in a while he is happy.
(b) He is confused and angry about his feelings for Vicky.
(c) He is indifferent, dreading the confrontation with Tillinghast.
(d) He is miserable, like always.

2. How does the narrator feel about his childhood?
(a) He is not really affected by his past one way or the other.
(b) He felt loved and treasured, easily making friends.
(c) He feels he had a very normal, average childhood.
(d) He felt he was always on the outside looking in.

3. Who does the narrator encounter at the second club?
(a) Michael, his brother.
(b) Rich Vanier, a former classmate.
(c) Vicky, Tad's cousin.
(d) Megan Avery, his coworker.

4. What does he discover upon a search of the Ladies' room?
(a) Megan Avery and Theresa in conversation.
(b) Amanda and Tad Allagash snorting coke.
(c) Theresa and Elaine in an embrace.
(d) Tad Allagash and Elaine in an embrace.

5. When the narrator dances with a girl at the club, what does she reveal she has heard about his wife?
(a) His wife left him for her career in Paris.
(b) His wife has returned to him and his waiting at his apartment.
(c) His wife died of leukemia.
(d) His wife was an activist and executed by Che Guevara.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Elaine leaves for the restroom, what does the narrator suspect?

2. What sports faux pas does the narrator commit at the Irish bar?

3. What medicine does the narrator take from Megan's bathroom?

4. According to Megan, what was the only coherent thing Alex said when he was discovered?

5. Who is the archivist in the library?

(see the answer key)

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