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

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

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

4. 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 punches her in the mouth, breaking her teeth.
(d) He throws his drink on the floor and challenges her fiance.

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

6. Who offers the narrator a reference when he returns to the office?
(a) Clara TIllinhast.
(b) Megan Avery.
(c) The Druid.
(d) The Ghost.

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

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

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

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

11. Who was with their mother the last few days before she died?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Their father.
(c) Michael.
(d) Their two younger brothers.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In fifty years, how many retractions has the magazine printed?

2. What medicine does the narrator take from Megan's bathroom?

3. What does the phone call entail?

4. What pain medication is their mother taking?

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

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