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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. What article is the narrator currently working on?
(a) A piece about the French elections.
(b) A piece about aids in Africa.
(c) A piece about environmental safety.
(d) A piece about ducks.

2. Who does the narrator see on the West Side Highway?
(a) A man peddling kabobs on a cart.
(b) His mother, in town for a surprise visit.
(c) A lone hooker pulling on her skirt.
(d) Amanda, who is as beautiful as ever.

3. Why does the narrator begin to panic as the morning waxes?
(a) He has lost his credit card and thinks it was stolen.
(b) He has lost his wife in the melee and cannot find her.
(c) He has not planned to end the night alone, and does not want to go into the sunlight.
(d) He completely lost track of time and has missed his train.

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

5. 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 pictures of herself everywhere.
(d) She has left her skin behind in the form of dust.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the narrator talking with at the club?

3. In what point of view is the novel written?

4. To what famous figure does the narrator compare himself?

5. What short article, besides the French article, is the narrator assigned to fact-check?

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