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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does the narrator make a lunch date for the next day?
(a) Clara Tillinghast.
(b) Vicky Hollins.
(c) The Druid.
(d) Megan Avery.

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

3. What does the narrator's mother reveal about the narrator as a baby?
(a) He was a very quiet and well-behaved baby.
(b) He was partially deaf when he was born.
(c) He was a horribly difficult baby.
(d) His eyes changed color when he was very young.

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

5. 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 pleads with the narrator to let him in.
(d) He forces his way through the door.

6. What pain medication is their mother taking?
(a) Tylenol.
(b) Morphine.
(c) Valium.
(d) Advil.

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

8. What does the narrator smell on his way home, through his nose-bleed?
(a) The scent of fresh bread.
(b) The scent of flowery perfume.
(c) The scent of the subway wafting up through the grates.
(d) The scent of a homeless person.

9. According to Megan, what was the only coherent thing Alex said when he was discovered?
(a) Facts wait for no man.
(b) One more martini, please.
(c) He was being attacked by pygmies.
(d) Bright lights, big city.

10. What have they resolved to leave in Clara's office?
(a) A large pile of cocaine.
(b) Fred, the ferret.
(c) Rolls and rolls of toilet paper.
(d) A bunch of balloons.

11. What is the narrator's punishment for failing in his duty?
(a) He is put in the mail room.
(b) He is fired.
(c) He is demoted.
(d) He is placed in Fiction.

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

13. Who do the narrator and Tad encounter upon their illegal return to the office?
(a) Clara Tillinghast.
(b) The Druid.
(c) Alex Hardy.
(d) Megan Avery.

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

15. What relationship of Megan's surprises the narrator?
(a) She has a daughter.
(b) She has a son.
(c) She lives with her mother.
(d) She is actually married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator want from Amanda?

2. Where does the narrator sit in the audience?

3. How does the narrator clean out his desk?

4. What is the narrator's favorite exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum?

5. What item does he steal from the man at the bar?

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