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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the homeless person do on the narrator's train ride to work?
(a) The homeless man steals the narrator's cocaine.
(b) The homeless man accosts the narrator.
(c) The homeless man sits on an old lady.
(d) The homeless man steals the New York Post.

2. Who settled their divorce?
(a) Michael.
(b) Amanda's agent.
(c) Amanda's lawyer.
(d) The narrator's father.

3. Why is Amanda embarrassed for the narrator to meet her mother, Dolly?
(a) Dolly is hard of hearing and speaks very loudly.
(b) Dolly is beautiful and makes Amanda feel inadequate.
(c) Dolly has amnesia and cannot remember anything.
(d) Dolly is crass and uneducated.

4. What has happened to the narrator's proofs?
(a) The proofs have been sent to Typesetting.
(b) The proofs have been stolen.
(c) The proofs have been corrected by Megan.
(d) The proofs have been sent to the Druid's office.

5. Who has the narrator told about his split with Amanda?
(a) Only Tad Allagash.
(b) Only his mother.
(c) Only his father.
(d) Only Megan Avery.

6. How does the narrator react when Rich asks him about Amanda?
(a) He makes up a story about her death as an activist.
(b) He bursts into tears and faints, ending up in the hospital.
(c) He opens up to Rich about his painful experiences.
(d) He punches Rich in the face and is arrested.

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

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

9. How does Allagash help explain Amanda's omnipresence in the apartment?
(a) She has left all her clothes in the closet.
(b) She calls once a week and hangs up before the narrator can speak.
(c) She has left pictures of herself everywhere.
(d) She has left her skin behind in the form of dust.

10. On the way to work, what poster does the narrator see?
(a) A Missing Person poster.
(b) A kids' show poster.
(c) A concert poster.
(d) A Wanted poster.

11. What career has the narrator always wanted?
(a) He wants to be a fashion model.
(b) He wants to be a writer.
(c) He wants to be a race car driver.
(d) He wanted to be a father and husband.

12. What street performer do Vicky and the narrator watch at Sheridan Square?
(a) A painted statue person.
(b) A dancer with a boom box.
(c) A one-man band.
(d) An acrobat on a unicycle.

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

14. Where does the narrator call from an empty office on the thirtieth floor?
(a) His father's house.
(b) Clara's office.
(c) Tad Allagash's apartment.
(d) Amanda's agency.

15. In what point of view is the novel written?
(a) Third person omniscient.
(b) Third person.
(c) First person.
(d) Second person.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Seventh Avenue called below Fortieth Street?

2. What is the New Jersey state motto?

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

4. What does the narrator purchase on his lunch break?

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

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