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

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

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

4. How do the narrator's coworkers react after his deadline is changed?
(a) They are ecstatic and want to see him fired.
(b) They are horrified and boycott the company.
(c) They are sympathetic and want to help him.
(d) They are angry and shun him.

5. How does the narrator feel about his childhood?
(a) He felt loved and treasured, easily making friends.
(b) He is not really affected by his past one way or the other.
(c) He felt he was always on the outside looking in.
(d) He feels he had a very normal, average childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator leaves for lunch, what does Megan ask him to bring back for her?

2. How old is the narrator?

3. Where did the narrator first meet Amanda?

4. Who has left a message for him inside the apartment?

5. Why does the narrator not want to have lunch with Alex?

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