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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five, Les Jeux Sont Faits.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator dislike going home?
(a) He lives with an unruly roommate.
(b) He lives with his nagging mother.
(c) His apartment is a slum and infested with cockroaches.
(d) His apartment is haunted with thoughts of his ex-wife.

2. Why did Amanda become a model?
(a) Modeling was her lifelong dream.
(b) She was always told she should try it, so she did.
(c) The narrator forced her into a contract.
(d) She was paying her way through school.

3. Who settled their divorce?
(a) Michael.
(b) The narrator's father.
(c) Amanda's agent.
(d) Amanda's lawyer.

4. Why is Amanda embarrassed for the narrator to meet her mother, Dolly?
(a) Dolly is beautiful and makes Amanda feel inadequate.
(b) Dolly is crass and uneducated.
(c) Dolly is hard of hearing and speaks very loudly.
(d) Dolly has amnesia and cannot remember anything.

5. What reservations did the narrator's father have about Amanda?
(a) He found her unfriendly and feared she would not warm up.
(b) He feared the differences in their backgrounds would come between them.
(c) He feared Amanda would discover that his son was an imbecile.
(d) He feared she would not like the east coast.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose picture does the narrator see on Rittenhouse's paper?

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

3. How did Amanda end her relationship with the narrator?

4. Upon his return to the office, what has the narrator forgotten?

5. On the way to work, what poster does the narrator see?

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