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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. When Elaine leaves for the restroom, what does the narrator suspect?
(a) He suspects Allagash has drugged Elaine and put her in the trunk of a car.
(b) He thinks she has seen Amanda.
(c) He thinks Elaine is in love with him and arranging for them to leave.
(d) He is afraid they have all planned to leave without him.

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

3. What heath ailment does Wade knowingly joke about with the narrator?
(a) The narrator's strep throat.
(b) The narrator's influenza.
(c) The narrator's sinus infection.
(d) The narrator's ear infection.

4. How does Allagash help explain Amanda's omnipresence in the apartment?
(a) She calls once a week and hangs up before the narrator can speak.
(b) She has left her skin behind in the form of dust.
(c) She has left pictures of herself everywhere.
(d) She has left all her clothes in the closet.

5. Upon his return to the office, what has the narrator forgotten?
(a) Megan's bagel.
(b) Clara's pen.
(c) Fred's leash.
(d) Alex's drink.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator attempt to sit and write about?

3. What does he discover upon a search of the Ladies' room?

4. Where was her first overseas modeling trip?

5. Do the narrator and Vicky get along?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator have trouble being in his apartment?

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

3. Why is the narrator having difficulty fulfilling his dream of becoming a famous fiction writer?

4. Where is the narrator when the story begins?

5. What is worrying the narrator as he begins work on the French article?

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

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

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

9. How do the narrator's inner identity and his outer persona conflict?

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

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