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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What memo, signed by the Druid's assistant, arrives in the afternoon?
(a) The narrator is fired, so everyone say goodbye.
(b) The French article is of the utmost importance.
(c) A Mr. Richard Fox is writing an article on the magazine.
(d) It is Clara's birthday and there is cake in the conference room.

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

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

4. Why hasn't the narrator told his father about the divorce?
(a) He cannot stand the satisfaction his father would get from the divorce.
(b) His father is in a coma and is non responsive.
(c) His father loved Amanda more than anyone.
(d) He feels it is his duty to appear happy for his father.

5. How does the narrator get the girl to dance with him longer after she's said she is tired?
(a) He threatens her with bodily harm.
(b) He pays the DJ to play better songs.
(c) He gives her a rose and tells her she is beautiful.
(d) He offers her drugs which she gladly takes.

6. Who is the archivist in the library?
(a) Alex.
(b) Michael.
(c) Marianne.
(d) Megan Avery.

7. Why does the narrator dislike going home?
(a) His apartment is a slum and infested with cockroaches.
(b) His apartment is haunted with thoughts of his ex-wife.
(c) He lives with an unruly roommate.
(d) He lives with his nagging mother.

8. What animal does the narrator compare to Amanda?
(a) A bear cub.
(b) A gosling.
(c) A foal.
(d) A puppy.

9. Upon arriving at his apartment, what does the narrator realize he has forgotten?
(a) His cell phone.
(b) His wedding ring.
(c) His rolodex.
(d) His keys.

10. When did the narrator propose to Amanda?
(a) He proposed after taking her out for a lovely dinner.
(b) He proposed after meeting her mother.
(c) He proposed while they rode a carriage through Central Park.
(d) He proposed after coming home late from a night with the boys.

11. What short article, besides the French article, is the narrator assigned to fact-check?
(a) A report with new information on Elizabeth I.
(b) A report on breakthroughs in leukemia.
(c) A report on the Annual Polar Explorers Society.
(d) A report on the Audubon Society of Indiana.

12. What is Seventh Avenue called below Fortieth Street?
(a) Bleeker Street.
(b) West End Avenue.
(c) Avenue A.
(d) Fashion Avenue.

13. What author did the narrator, in his first days at the company, give advice about his award-winning prose?
(a) Marianne Miller.
(b) Amanda Sykes.
(c) Steven Paul.
(d) John Donlevy.

14. How did Amanda end her relationship with the narrator?
(a) An email.
(b) A dinner in New York.
(c) A letter from Milan.
(d) A phone call from Paris.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator leaves for lunch, what does Megan ask him to bring back for her?

2. Where does the narrator call from an empty office on the thirtieth floor?

3. Of what do the potted plants remind the narrator?

4. Who does the narrator hope to meet in the club?

5. What does stepping outside the club feel like to the narrator?

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