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

2. What drink does the narrator order at the bar?
(a) Vodka on ice.
(b) Whiskey and Coca-Cola.
(c) A margarita.
(d) Gin and tonic.

3. Where does the narrator sit in the audience?
(a) He sits in the center of the first row.
(b) He sits in the center of the middle row.
(c) He sits on the aisle of the back row.
(d) He cannot sit, it is standing room only.

4. Where is the event being held?
(a) In the Rockefeller Center.
(b) In Studio 54.
(c) In the lobby of the Waldorf-Astoria.
(d) A a private apartment on the Upper East Side.

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

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

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

8. Why does the narrator think he reacted so badly to Amanda's departure?
(a) He had a rift opened with his brother forever for stealing her.
(b) She owed him lots of money and he knew he would never get it back.
(c) He was just then feeling the repercussions of his mother's death.
(d) He knew Amanda was his one true love and he would never find another.

9. What does the narrator do when he sees his visitor?
(a) He runs up to the person and give them a hug.
(b) He pushes them away from his door.
(c) He faints on the spot.
(d) He runs away and ducks into a train.

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

11. Where does Tad claim to have seen Odysseus before?
(a) He has seen him driving a limo.
(b) He has seen him on a television infomercial.
(c) He has seen him working as a dancer in a club.
(d) He has seen him working for a Dial-a-Hunk service.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Vicky use as a philosophical example for the narrator?

2. For what does the narrator ask the man unloading the truck?

3. What work does Michael offer the narrator?

4. Where does the narrator decide to go?

5. Upon opening the Post, what does the narrator discover about Coma Baby?

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