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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight, O Couture.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What animal does the narrator purchase on the way back to work?
(a) A puppy.
(b) A ferrett.
(c) A fish.
(d) A rabbit.

3. What does the narrator attempt to sit and write about?
(a) He tries to write about Allagash.
(b) He tries to write about his brother.
(c) He tries to write about Amanda.
(d) He tries to write about the magazine.

4. What does stepping outside the club feel like to the narrator?
(a) A brisk morning walk.
(b) A mother's reproach.
(c) A shopping trip at Christmastime.
(d) A heavenly descent.

5. What kind of guy does the narrator see himself as?
(a) The kind of guy who appreciates a night a home with a good book.
(b) The kind of guy who enjoys facts and spurns fiction.
(c) The kind of guy who runs marathons for fun.
(d) The kind of guy who is the life of the party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Alex suspect homosexuality "comes from"?

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

3. What animal does Vicky use as a philosophical example for the narrator?

4. Why has Tad insisted on making up stories about Amanda and the narrator's separation?

5. How does the narrator convince himself to stay out with Tad instead of just going home?

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