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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator give to Megan?
(a) A picture of Amanda.
(b) The keys to his apartment.
(c) A snort of cocaine.
(d) One hundred dollars.

2. Where does the narrator wake up in the morning?
(a) He wakes up on the floor of Megan's bathroom.
(b) He wakes up in his father's house.
(c) He wakes up in his own apartment.
(d) He wakes up on Megan's couch.

3. What image of their mother does Michael keep in his memory?
(a) An image of their mother baking bread.
(b) An image of their mother raking leaves.
(c) An image of their mother coughing.
(d) An image of their mother falling asleep.

4. Why does the narrator theorize he actually married Amanda?
(a) He was entranced by her beauty.
(b) He wanted to please his mother on her deathbed.
(c) He wanted to make Michael jealous.
(d) He was so eager to get married he did not care to whom.

5. Of what does the scent remind the narrator?
(a) It reminds him of his encounter the night before.
(b) It reminds him of the way Vicky smells.
(c) It reminds him of his old job.
(d) It reminds him of his mother baking bread.

6. What medicine does the narrator take from Megan's bathroom?
(a) Tylenol.
(b) Nasal spray.
(c) Valium.
(d) Morphine.

7. What does the narrator do after Amanda speaks to him?
(a) He busts into tears and runs from the club.
(b) He throws his drink on the floor and challenges her fiance.
(c) He begins laughing hysterically and cannot stop.
(d) He punches her in the mouth, breaking her teeth.

8. What animal does Megan say was found in the mail room?
(a) A puppy.
(b) An iguana.
(c) A ferret.
(d) A mink.

9. 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 a bag of rejected manuscripts.
(d) In the mail carrier's satchel.

10. What does the narrator discover in an envelope in his desk?
(a) His wedding ring.
(b) Bolivian powder.
(c) Amanda's picture.
(d) An old check he forgot to cash.

11. In fifty years, how many retractions has the magazine printed?
(a) None.
(b) Three.
(c) Ten.
(d) One.

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

13. Where do the narrator and Megan go to eat?
(a) They go to Odeon.
(b) They go to the Lions Head Pub.
(c) They go to Megan's apartment.
(d) They go to the narrator's apartment.

14. Who was with their mother the last few days before she died?
(a) Their father.
(b) Their two younger brothers.
(c) Michael.
(d) The narrator.

15. How does the narrator's mother describe the pain she is in?
(a) She likens it to having a sunburn.
(b) She likens it to going to the dentist.
(c) She likens it to the pain she felt during the narrator's birth.
(d) She likens it to a broken arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom has the narrator obtained the invitation?

2. What does the phone call entail?

3. Who does the narrator's mother see just before she dies?

4. What does the narrator smell on his way home, through his nose-bleed?

5. What does the narrator discover is missing from the department store window?

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