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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twelve, How It's Going.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how often is the narrator late to work?
(a) At least once a week.
(b) Never.
(c) About once a month.
(d) Two or three times a month.

2. Why has Tad insisted on making up stories about Amanda and the narrator's separation?
(a) He is completely clueless about how their relationship ended.
(b) He is trying to help the narrator get more girls.
(c) He honestly thinks Amanda was an activist in South America.
(d) He is hoping he will meet the love of his love through the narrator's tragedy.

3. What does the narrator want from Amanda?
(a) He wants an explanation for her abandonment.
(b) He wants her to trip and fall on the runway.
(c) He wants her to go back home with him.
(d) He wants her to give back her engagement ring.

4. What image of their mother does Michael keep in his memory?
(a) An image of their mother coughing.
(b) An image of their mother raking leaves.
(c) An image of their mother baking bread.
(d) An image of their mother falling asleep.

5. Where does Alex suspect homosexuality "comes from"?
(a) Hollywood.
(b) Vaccines given to children.
(c) One's upbringing.
(d) Hormones injected into beef.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does the narrator make a lunch date for the next day?

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

3. How was the narrator's innocent advice perceived by his superiors at the magazine?

4. Who is the archivist in the library?

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

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