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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator's mother see just before she dies?
(a) She sees her husband.
(b) She sees Amanda.
(c) She sees her other children.
(d) She sees her father.

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

3. What did the narrator do on his first day of school?
(a) He hid in the woods so he would miss the bus.
(b) He was bullied by another boy and broke a finger.
(c) He ran out of the house to the bus in excitement.
(d) He colored all his book with marker.

4. Before implementing his plan, what does the narrator compare himself to?
(a) He compares himself to a terrorist waiting in unsuspecting crowd.
(b) He compares himself to a tourist in Times Square.
(c) He compares himself to children at family holidays.
(d) He compares himself to menorah in a Christmas tree shop.

5. Where does the narrator wake up the next morning?
(a) He wakes up in a strange girl's apartment on Staten Island.
(b) He wakes up in a strange girl's apartment in Queens.
(c) He wakes up in a strange girl's apartment in the Bronx.
(d) He wakes up in a strange girl's apartment in Brooklyn.

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

7. From whom has the narrator obtained the invitation?
(a) Amanda.
(b) A friend at Harper's Bazaar.
(c) Megan Avery.
(d) A friend at Vogue.

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

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

10. 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.

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

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

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

14. Who does he call the minute he wakes up?
(a) Megan Avery.
(b) Michael.
(c) Vicky Hollins.
(d) Clara Tillinghast.

15. On the morning of his meeting with Clara, what time does the narrator wake up?
(a) Six-thirty AM.
(b) Nine o'clock AM.
(c) Noon.
(d) Ten o'clock AM.

Short Answer Questions

1. What image of their mother does Michael keep in his memory?

2. What does the narrator do when he sees his visitor?

3. Who is on the phone when the narrator gets back to his apartment?

4. Who does the narrator call after leaving the club?

5. How does Michael get into the narrator's apartment?

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