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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who does the narrator receive a phone call from after finishing the last of the drugs as Michael sleeps?
(a) Clara Tillinghast.
(b) His father.
(c) Tad Allagash.
(d) Amanda White.

4. Who does the narrator call after leaving the club?
(a) Vicky.
(b) Michael.
(c) Amanda.
(d) Megan.

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

6. What phrase does Wade want on the narrator's epitaph?
(a) The facts of life.
(b) As a matter of fact.
(c) Facts wait for no man.
(d) He didn't face facts.

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

8. Where does the narrator decide to go?
(a) Home.
(b) Odeon.
(c) The Lion's Head Pub.
(d) The office.

9. Who is on the phone when the narrator gets back to his apartment?
(a) Richard Fox.
(b) Clara Tillinghast.
(c) Megan Avery.
(d) Amanda White.

10. For what event has the narrator obtained an invitation?
(a) A fashion show involving Amanda.
(b) An opening night party for a broadway production.
(c) A private lunch with the Druid.
(d) Clara Tillinghast's birthday party.

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

12. What does the narrator want from Amanda?
(a) He wants her to go back home with him.
(b) He wants an explanation for her abandonment.
(c) He wants her to trip and fall on the runway.
(d) He wants her to give back her engagement ring.

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

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

15. Who does the narrator encounter at the club?
(a) The Ghost.
(b) Amanda.
(c) Megan.
(d) Michael.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator think he reacted so badly to Amanda's departure?

2. Where is the event being held?

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

4. According to Megan, what was the only coherent thing Alex said when he was discovered?

5. Where in the mail room was the animal found?

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