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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What mood is the narrator in as he goes to bed after the date?
(a) He is indifferent, dreading the confrontation with Tillinghast.
(b) He is confused and angry about his feelings for Vicky.
(c) He is miserable, like always.
(d) For the first time in a while he is happy.

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

4. Where do Tad and the narrator go to party?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Dubai.
(c) Odeon.
(d) The Smith.

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

6. How does the narrator feel about his childhood?
(a) He felt he was always on the outside looking in.
(b) He felt loved and treasured, easily making friends.
(c) He is not really affected by his past one way or the other.
(d) He feels he had a very normal, average childhood.

7. Why does the narrator like Tad Allagash?
(a) Allagash is helping the narrator win back Amanda, the love of his life.
(b) He and Allagash have been through a lot of tough times together.
(c) He and Allagash have been friends since childhood.
(d) Allagash never asks him probing questions: their friendship is very surface.

8. Who does the narrator encounter at the club?
(a) Megan Avery, his co-worker.
(b) Clara Tillinghast, his boss.
(c) Amanda, the ex-wife.
(d) Elaine, a model from Amanda's agency.

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

10. What kind of cigarettes does Dolly smoke?
(a) Marlboros.
(b) Parliaments.
(c) Kools.
(d) Camels.

11. What was the narrator's most significant contact with The Druid?
(a) The Druid's unexpected presence at the narrator's wedding.
(b) The day the Druid sat on an old lady in the subway.
(c) The day the Druid caught the narrator snorting coke in the bathroom.
(d) The Druid's concern over the President's usage of the word "precipitous."

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

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

14. Who is the narrator talking with at the club?
(a) A girl with a shaved head.
(b) A man with a lizard.
(c) Michael.
(d) Amanda.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator begin to panic as the morning waxes?

2. In which department would the narrator rather be working?

3. Upon his return to the office, what has the narrator forgotten?

4. In which branch of the magazine does the narrator work?

5. What author did the narrator, in his first days at the company, give advice about his award-winning prose?

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