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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Ten, Sometimes a Vague Notion.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where do the narrator and Megan go to eat?
(a) They go to Megan's apartment.
(b) They go to Odeon.
(c) They go to the narrator's apartment.
(d) They go to the Lions Head Pub.

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

5. What suspicion does the narrator accidentally give the bartender?
(a) The bartender thinks he is a terrorist.
(b) The bartender thinks he is very ill.
(c) The bartender thinks he is a jewel thief.
(d) The bartender thinks he is in a gang.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Alex Hardy?

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

3. On the morning of his meeting with Clara, what time does the narrator wake up?

4. What does the phone call entail?

5. In fifty years, how many retractions has the magazine printed?

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