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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four, A Womb With a View.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where will the narrator shop for his eventual girlfriend/wife?
(a) Tiffany's.
(b) Discount Jewelers Plus.
(c) Gem-o-Rama.
(d) Sweden.

2. Whose picture does the narrator see on Rittenhouse's paper?
(a) Megan Avery's picture.
(b) Amanda's picture.
(c) His mother's picture.
(d) His own picture.

3. What author did the narrator, in his first days at the company, give advice about his award-winning prose?
(a) Amanda Sykes.
(b) Steven Paul.
(c) Marianne Miller.
(d) John Donlevy.

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

5. What memo, signed by the Druid's assistant, arrives in the afternoon?
(a) The narrator is fired, so everyone say goodbye.
(b) A Mr. Richard Fox is writing an article on the magazine.
(c) It is Clara's birthday and there is cake in the conference room.
(d) The French article is of the utmost importance.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator leaves for lunch, what does Megan ask him to bring back for her?

2. Of what do Elaine's dance moves remind the narrator?

3. How does the narrator convince himself to stay out with Tad instead of just going home?

4. In which branch of the magazine does the narrator work?

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

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