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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seven, Pygmies, Ferrets and Dog Chow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Allagash help explain Amanda's omnipresence in the apartment?
(a) She calls once a week and hangs up before the narrator can speak.
(b) She has left all her clothes in the closet.
(c) She has left her skin behind in the form of dust.
(d) She has left pictures of herself everywhere.

2. Why do the narrator and Vicky miss their connection with Tad?
(a) Vicky's purse is stolen and they must file a police report.
(b) Tad is ill and must go to the hospital.
(c) The narrator knows Tad had no intention of meeting them anyway.
(d) The narrator grows bored with Vicky and pursues his own good time.

3. In which department would the narrator rather be working?
(a) The Fiction Department.
(b) The Department of Factual Verification.
(c) The Grammar Department.
(d) The Department of Photography.

4. What animal does the narrator purchase on the way back to work?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A ferrett.
(c) A puppy.
(d) A fish.

5. Who is the archivist in the library?
(a) Alex.
(b) Michael.
(c) Marianne.
(d) Megan Avery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator dislike going home?

2. What is the narrator's punishment for failing in his duty?

3. Who calls to wake up the narrator?

4. Do the narrator and Vicky get along?

5. What animal does Vicky use as a philosophical example for the narrator?

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