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

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

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

4. In which branch of the magazine does the narrator work?
(a) The Department of Factual Verification.
(b) The Grammar Department.
(c) The New Voices Department.
(d) The Fiction Department.

5. What kind of ship does the narrator watch make its way across the river?
(a) A sailboat.
(b) A canoe.
(c) A garbage barge.
(d) A schooner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What article is the narrator currently working on?

2. What does the narrator feel is his most shameful addiction?

3. With whom did the narrator come to the club?

4. What is Tad Allagash's main goal in life?

5. What river is the narrator gazing across?

(see the answer key)

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