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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who offers the narrator a reference when he returns to the office?
(a) The Ghost.
(b) Megan Avery.
(c) Clara TIllinhast.
(d) The Druid.

2. What did the narrator do on his first day of school?
(a) He ran out of the house to the bus in excitement.
(b) He was bullied by another boy and broke a finger.
(c) He colored all his book with marker.
(d) He hid in the woods so he would miss the bus.

3. What note does the narrator leave for Megan?
(a) He leaves her a love letter.
(b) He leaves her an angry tirade.
(c) He leaves her his phone number.
(d) He leaves her an apology.

4. Before implementing his plan, what does the narrator compare himself to?
(a) He compares himself to children at family holidays.
(b) He compares himself to menorah in a Christmas tree shop.
(c) He compares himself to a terrorist waiting in unsuspecting crowd.
(d) He compares himself to a tourist in Times Square.

5. Where in the mail room was the animal found?
(a) In one of the boxes.
(b) In a cabinet door that was ajar.
(c) In the mail carrier's satchel.
(d) In a bag of rejected manuscripts.

6. What are the bouncers dressed up as?
(a) Roman soldiers.
(b) Aladdin's genie.
(c) Nubian slaves.
(d) Native American medicine men.

7. Why has Michael come to get the narrator?
(a) The narrator owes Michael money.
(b) The next day is the anniversary of their mother's death.
(c) He is getting married the next day and the narrator is the best man.
(d) Their father has died unexpectedly.

8. From whom has the narrator obtained the invitation?
(a) A friend at Harper's Bazaar.
(b) Amanda.
(c) A friend at Vogue.
(d) Megan Avery.

9. For what does the narrator ask the man unloading the truck?
(a) He asks him for ten dollars to catch a taxi.
(b) He asks him for a map of the city.
(c) He asks him to use the phone.
(d) He asks him for a fresh roll.

10. What does he have to say in the phone call?
(a) He says that he is in love with Vicky and needs to find her.
(b) He says that he is a cocaine addict and needs help.
(c) He says that he just passed out hysterically laughing at Amanda.
(d) He says that his mother died a year ago.

11. Upon opening the Post, what does the narrator discover about Coma Baby?
(a) Coma Baby was delivered six weeks premature and the mother is dead.
(b) Coma Baby's mother has woken up and everyone is fine.
(c) Coma Baby was expected to have a safe, normal delivery.
(d) Coma Baby was experiencing complications and doctors were worried.

12. What does the phone call entail?
(a) The caller wants the narrator to take his old job back.
(b) The called wants to repair their marriage.
(c) The caller wants the narrator to provide smut on the magazine.
(d) The caller wants the narrator to come back to the apartment.

13. How does Michael get into the narrator's apartment?
(a) He has brought a police escort.
(b) He claims he is a parcel service.
(c) He forces his way through the door.
(d) He pleads with the narrator to let him in.

14. What was their mother wearing in Michael's memory?
(a) Her fur-lined parka.
(b) The narrator's old ski jacket.
(c) Their father's hunting vest.
(d) Their younger brother's baseball cap.

15. Why doesn't Megan live with her family?
(a) Her family died in a car accident.
(b) She was ill for a long time and committed to Bellevue.
(c) She cannot afford to travel home.
(d) They had a falling-out and have not spoken for years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator sit in the audience?

2. Who is waiting at the narrator's apartment when he comes back from lunch?

3. What is one subject that the narrator and his mother talk about?

4. What animal does Megan say was found in the mail room?

5. What is the narrator's plan for the fashion show?

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