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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three, The Utility of Fiction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What scent does the narrator catch on Bleecker street?
(a) Coffee from open windows of an apartment building.
(b) A dumpster.
(c) Fresh fish.
(d) An Italian bakery.

2. What kind of guy does the narrator see himself as?
(a) The kind of guy who appreciates a night a home with a good book.
(b) The kind of guy who runs marathons for fun.
(c) The kind of guy who enjoys facts and spurns fiction.
(d) The kind of guy who is the life of the party.

3. Why does the narrator like Tad Allagash?
(a) He and Allagash have been friends since childhood.
(b) Allagash is helping the narrator win back Amanda, the love of his life.
(c) He and Allagash have been through a lot of tough times together.
(d) Allagash never asks him probing questions: their friendship is very surface.

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

5. Who does the narrator encounter at the second club?
(a) Vicky, Tad's cousin.
(b) Rich Vanier, a former classmate.
(c) Michael, his brother.
(d) Megan Avery, his coworker.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Elaine leaves for the restroom, what does the narrator suspect?

2. What is the significance of the corner of Bleecker and Cornelia street?

3. What heath ailment does Wade knowingly joke about with the narrator?

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

5. Who does the narrator encounter at the club?

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