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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. What does he discover upon a search of the Ladies' room?
(a) Theresa and Elaine in an embrace.
(b) Amanda and Tad Allagash snorting coke.
(c) Tad Allagash and Elaine in an embrace.
(d) Megan Avery and Theresa in conversation.

2. Where did the narrator first meet Amanda?
(a) Kansas City.
(b) Tucson.
(c) Indianapolis.
(d) St. Louis.

3. Why does the narrator not want to have lunch with Alex?
(a) Alex always makes the narrator pick up the check.
(b) Alex is recently divorced and unstable.
(c) Alex is unfriendly and does not like the narrator's writing.
(d) Alex is an alcoholic and will put away a couple of drinks at lunch.

4. After what duration of time did the narrator and Amanda move in together?
(a) One month.
(b) One week.
(c) One year.
(d) One day.

5. Why has Tad insisted on making up stories about Amanda and the narrator's separation?
(a) He is trying to help the narrator get more girls.
(b) He is completely clueless about how their relationship ended.
(c) He is hoping he will meet the love of his love through the narrator's tragedy.
(d) He honestly thinks Amanda was an activist in South America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What memo, signed by the Druid's assistant, arrives in the afternoon?

2. What scent does the narrator catch on Bleecker street?

3. Who does the narrator encounter at the club?

4. Who has the narrator been set up with for the evening?

5. When did the narrator propose to Amanda?

Short Essay Questions

1. What insights does the reader gain about the character when he forgets to bring Megan her soda?

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

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

4. How is the narrator out of place in the sports bar?

5. How is the mannequin symbolic of Amanda?

6. Does the narrator feel capable of understand other people's life experiences? Why or why not?

7. What does the narrator think is Tad Allagash's mission in life?

8. 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?

9. How are the narrator and Amanda using each other for escape?

10. Why is the narrator hesitant to go to lunch with Alex Hardy?

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