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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 article is the narrator currently working on?
(a) A piece about aids in Africa.
(b) A piece about environmental safety.
(c) A piece about the French elections.
(d) A piece about ducks.

2. Who does the narrator encounter at the club?
(a) Clara Tillinghast, his boss.
(b) Elaine, a model from Amanda's agency.
(c) Megan Avery, his co-worker.
(d) Amanda, the ex-wife.

3. What distinction does the narrator make between disasters in the city and in the rest of the country?
(a) Disasters in the city are always weather-related, whereas in the country they are never weather-related.
(b) Disasters in the city involved drugs, whereas in the country they involved alcohol.
(c) Disasters in the city are man-made, whereas in the country they are acts of God.
(d) Disasters in the city involve taxis, whereas in the country they involve mini vans.

4. Whose picture does the narrator see on Rittenhouse's paper?
(a) Megan Avery's picture.
(b) His mother's picture.
(c) Amanda's picture.
(d) His own picture.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls to wake up the narrator?

2. Why is Amanda embarrassed for the narrator to meet her mother, Dolly?

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

4. Upon his discovery, what phrase does the narrator blurt out?

5. What reservations did the narrator's father have about Amanda?

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