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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does the narrator ride the train to work?
(a) Dominicans from Washington Heights.
(b) Hasidic Jews from Brooklyn.
(c) Italians from New Jersey.
(d) Greeks from Astoria.

2. Who has the narrator told about his split with Amanda?
(a) Only Megan Avery.
(b) Only Tad Allagash.
(c) Only his father.
(d) Only his mother.

3. Who has left a message for him inside the apartment?
(a) Tad Allagash.
(b) Amanda.
(c) His father.
(d) Michael.

4. Is the narrator depressed about his current situation?
(a) No, he loves his lifestyle.
(b) Yes, he is in a pattern he cannot break.
(c) Maybe, he is entirely indecisive.
(d) It is unclear in the text.

5. What street performer do Vicky and the narrator watch at Sheridan Square?
(a) A dancer with a boom box.
(b) A painted statue person.
(c) A one-man band.
(d) An acrobat on a unicycle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the animal's name?

2. Why does the narrator not want to have lunch with Alex?

3. To what does the narrator compare Vicky's childhood?

4. How does the narrator react when Rich asks him about Amanda?

5. What is the New Jersey state motto?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why, after all the time that has passed, is the narrator still trying to track Amanda down?

2. How is the mannequin symbolic of Amanda?

3. What contrast is the author making between the people of New York City?

4. Though Vicky seems an appropriate person for the narrator and makes him happy, what ill affect does the exhilaration of their date have on the narrator?

5. Does the narrator enjoy his work in the Department of Factual Verification? Why or why not?

6. Why does the narrator feel he is so different from the Hasidic Jews he encounters on the train?

7. How is the narrator's love of fiction detrimental to his development as an adult?

8. What began Clara Tillinghast's dislike of the narrator?

9. Why does the narrator purchase the knockoff Cartier watch on the street?

10. Why does Tad Allagash continually make up of stories of Amanda's death?

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