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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Ten, Sometimes a Vague Notion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the narrator leaves for lunch, what does Megan ask him to bring back for her?
(a) A salad.
(b) A Tab.
(c) A ham sandwich.
(d) A diet soda.

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

3. What animal does Vicky use as a philosophical example for the narrator?
(a) A bat.
(b) A ferret.
(c) A dog.
(d) An elephant.

4. What heath ailment does Wade knowingly joke about with the narrator?
(a) The narrator's sinus infection.
(b) The narrator's influenza.
(c) The narrator's strep throat.
(d) The narrator's ear infection.

5. What does the narrator do when he sees his visitor?
(a) He pushes them away from his door.
(b) He faints on the spot.
(c) He runs away and ducks into a train.
(d) He runs up to the person and give them a hug.

Short Answer Questions

1. In fifty years, how many retractions has the magazine printed?

2. What does the narrator purchase on his lunch break?

3. What has happened to the narrator's proofs?

4. Of what object do the girls' eyes remind the narrator?

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

(see the answer key)

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