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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two, The Department of Factual Verification.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Tad Allagash's main goal in life?
(a) He hopes one day to become mayor of New York City.
(b) He is an athlete and constantly training for the Olympic games.
(c) He is doctor and is working fervently to cure cancer.
(d) He strives to have more fun than anyone else in New York City.

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

3. What is the narrator's nickname for cocaine?
(a) Damage Control.
(b) Bolivian Marching Powder.
(c) Powdered Sugar.
(d) Clubbing Powder.

4. Who is The Druid?
(a) He is the narrator's direct superior, nicknamed Clingfast.
(b) He is a ghost of a man who has been working on an article for seven years.
(c) He is an often-encountered man on the subway.
(d) He is the fourth man to head the company.

5. In what point of view is the novel written?
(a) Second person.
(b) Third person.
(c) First person.
(d) Third person omniscient.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator see on the West Side Highway?

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

3. What letters does the girl particularly like?

4. About how often is the narrator late to work?

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

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