2. What does the narrator purchase on his lunch break?
(a) Some cocaine on the street corner.
(b) A diamond ring from Tiffany's.
(c) A Cartier watch.
(d) A scarf from a street vendor.

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

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

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

6. Who has left a message for him inside the apartment?
(a) Michael.
(b) Amanda.
(c) His father.
(d) Tad Allagash.

7. What is the significance of the corner of Bleecker and Cornelia street?
(a) This is the location of the coffee shop where the narrator and Amanda met.
(b) This is the location of the apartment building where the narrator lived with Amanda.
(c) This is the location of Tad Allagash's death.
(d) This is the location of a recent murder investigation.

8. How does the narrator convince himself to stay out with Tad instead of just going home?
(a) The narrator tells himself he will find another woman to love if he stays out.
(b) The narrator tells himself Tad has never let him down.
(c) The narrator knows he has a serious addiction and needs the drugs.
(d) The narrator just wants a pick-me-up, then will leave for home.

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

10. Who has the narrator been set up with for the evening?
(a) Megan Avery, his co-worker.
(b) Vicky Hollins, Tad's cousin.
(c) Amanda White, his ex-wife.
(d) Clara Tillinghast, his boss.

11. What item(s) is the narrator always leaving in taxis?
(a) Phone numbers.
(b) Umbrellas.
(c) His glasses.
(d) His wallet.

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

13. How old is the narrator?
(a) Thirty-four.
(b) Twenty-four.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twenty-one.

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

15. What heath ailment does Wade knowingly joke about with the narrator?
(a) The narrator's strep throat.
(b) The narrator's ear infection.
(c) The narrator's sinus infection.
(d) The narrator's influenza.