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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 do the narrator and Vicky miss their connection with Tad?
(a) Tad is ill and must go to the hospital.
(b) The narrator knows Tad had no intention of meeting them anyway.
(c) The narrator grows bored with Vicky and pursues his own good time.
(d) Vicky's purse is stolen and they must file a police report.

2. What is the New Jersey state motto?
(a) The Crossroads of America.
(b) The Big Sky State.
(c) The Show-Me State.
(d) The Garden State.

3. With whom does the narrator ride the train to work?
(a) Dominicans from Washington Heights.
(b) Hasidic Jews from Brooklyn.
(c) Italians from New Jersey.
(d) Greeks from Astoria.

4. What animal does the narrator compare to Amanda?
(a) A bear cub.
(b) A puppy.
(c) A foal.
(d) A gosling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Allagash help explain Amanda's omnipresence in the apartment?

2. What article is the narrator currently working on?

3. What distinction does the narrator make between disasters in the city and in the rest of the country?

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

5. Of what do Elaine's dance moves remind the narrator?

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