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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Six, Coma Baby Lives.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sports faux pas does the narrator commit at the Irish bar?
(a) He calls a baseball run a point.
(b) He calls a hockey puck a ball.
(c) He calls a baseball inning a quarter.
(d) He calls a basketball quarter a period.

2. Of what do Elaine's dance moves remind the narrator?
(a) Figures on Egyptian tombs.
(b) Neighborhood ho-downs of the south.
(c) Graceful princessess.
(d) Broadway chorus girls.

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

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

5. Of what do the potted plants remind the narrator?
(a) A zoo.
(b) A greenhouse.
(c) A jungle.
(d) A forest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Do the narrator and Vicky get along?

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

3. What street performer do Vicky and the narrator watch at Sheridan Square?

4. What scent does the narrator catch on Bleecker street?

5. Upon arriving at his apartment, what does the narrator realize he has forgotten?

(see the answer key)

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