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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator feel in his meeting with Clara?
(a) Giddy: he hates this job and wants to quit.
(b) Horrified: he is completely blindsided by their conversation.
(c) Afraid: he does not want Clara doing him bodily harm.
(d) Detached: like a samurai, she cannot hurt him if he has already resolved to die.

2. Why doesn't Megan live with her family?
(a) She was ill for a long time and committed to Bellevue.
(b) She cannot afford to travel home.
(c) Her family died in a car accident.
(d) They had a falling-out and have not spoken for years.

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

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

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

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

7. Where do the narrator and Megan go to eat?
(a) They go to Odeon.
(b) They go to Megan's apartment.
(c) They go to the narrator's apartment.
(d) They go to the Lions Head Pub.

8. 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.

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 falling asleep.
(c) An image of their mother raking leaves.
(d) An image of their mother coughing.

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

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

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

13. What name does the narrator give to the greeter?
(a) John Doe.
(b) Amanda White.
(c) Tad Allagash.
(d) Michael Miller.

14. Upon opening the Post, what does the narrator discover about Coma Baby?
(a) Coma Baby was delivered six weeks premature and the mother is dead.
(b) Coma Baby's mother has woken up and everyone is fine.
(c) Coma Baby was expected to have a safe, normal delivery.
(d) Coma Baby was experiencing complications and doctors were worried.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does he purchase on the street after leaving the office?

2. What does the narrator discover is missing from the department store window?

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

4. Who does the narrator receive a phone call from after finishing the last of the drugs as Michael sleeps?

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

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