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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. Who does the narrator hope to meet in the club?
(a) A movie star.
(b) His ex-wife Amanda.
(c) The kind of girl who would not be in a place like that.
(d) The co-worker of his dreams, Clara Tillinghast.

2. What does the narrator attempt to sit and write about?
(a) He tries to write about his brother.
(b) He tries to write about Amanda.
(c) He tries to write about Allagash.
(d) He tries to write about the magazine.

3. What does the narrator feel is his most shameful addiction?
(a) Amanda.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) The New York Post.
(d) Cocaine.

4. About whom does the narrator dream that night?
(a) Coma baby.
(b) His mother.
(c) Michael.
(d) Amanda.

5. Where did the narrator first meet Amanda?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Kansas City.
(c) Indianapolis.
(d) Tucson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the New Jersey state motto?

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

3. What kind of guy does the narrator see himself as?

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

5. What river is the narrator gazing across?

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