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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. Do the narrator and Vicky get along?
(a) No, they instantly dislike each other.
(b) No, she is insensitive and rude.
(c) Yes, surprisingly well.
(d) Maybe, the narrator cannot tell for sure.

2. In which branch of the magazine does the narrator work?
(a) The Department of Factual Verification.
(b) The Grammar Department.
(c) The Fiction Department.
(d) The New Voices Department.

3. What does he discover upon a search of the Ladies' room?
(a) Megan Avery and Theresa in conversation.
(b) Amanda and Tad Allagash snorting coke.
(c) Theresa and Elaine in an embrace.
(d) Tad Allagash and Elaine in an embrace.

4. How many martinis has Alex had during the course of lunch?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

5. Who is the narrator's direct supervisor?
(a) Rittenhouse.
(b) Yasu Wade.
(c) Megan Avery.
(d) Clara Tillinghast.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator encounter at the second club?

2. Who does the narrator hope to meet in the club?

3. What author did the narrator, in his first days at the company, give advice about his award-winning prose?

4. What sports faux pas does the narrator commit at the Irish bar?

5. What does the narrator see in the window of Saks?

(see the answer key)

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