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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 snort of cocaine.
(b) A picture of Amanda.
(c) The keys to his apartment.
(d) One hundred dollars.

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

3. What work does Michael offer the narrator?
(a) A spot on the police force in their home town, where Michael works.
(b) A temporary job taking calls for a customer service center.
(c) A position at a paper company he is running.
(d) A few weeks of work on an old carriage house he is fixing up.

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

5. What is the narrator's favorite exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum?
(a) The Dinosaurs.
(b) The European paintings from 1700-1750.
(c) The Egyptian wing.
(d) The Ancient Chinese Peoples exhibit.

6. Who is waiting at the narrator's apartment when he comes back from lunch?
(a) Michael.
(b) Megan.
(c) Amanda.
(d) Alex.

7. What does the narrator feel he must relearn?
(a) He must relearn everything.
(b) He must relearn certain dance steps.
(c) He must relearn how to love.
(d) He must relearn to ride a bike.

8. What does the narrator discover is missing from the department store window?
(a) The article about the magazine.
(b) Amanda's mannequin.
(c) His favorite clothing ad.
(d) Megan's commercial.

9. What does the narrator offer to trade with the man?
(a) He offers his shoes.
(b) He offers to wash dishes.
(c) He offers cocaine.
(d) He offers to trade his sunglasses.

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

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

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

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

14. What item does he steal from the man at the bar?
(a) A business card.
(b) A briefcase.
(c) A vodka martini.
(d) A set of car keys.

15. 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 expected to have a safe, normal delivery.
(c) Coma Baby was experiencing complications and doctors were worried.
(d) Coma Baby was delivered six weeks premature and the mother is dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What plans with Megan has the narrator forgotten?

2. What name does the narrator give to the greeter?

3. On the morning of his meeting with Clara, what time does the narrator wake up?

4. Where do the narrator and Megan go to eat?

5. Where does the narrator sit in the audience?

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