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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. Who has left a message for him inside the apartment?
(a) Amanda.
(b) Michael.
(c) Tad Allagash.
(d) His father.
2. What kind of ship does the narrator watch make its way across the river?
(a) A sailboat.
(b) A canoe.
(c) A schooner.
(d) A garbage barge.
3. Of what do the potted plants remind the narrator?
(a) A forest.
(b) A zoo.
(c) A greenhouse.
(d) A jungle.
4. What does the narrator feel is his most shameful addiction?
(a) Amanda.
(b) The New York Post.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Cocaine.
5. Why is Amanda embarrassed for the narrator to meet her mother, Dolly?
(a) Dolly is crass and uneducated.
(b) Dolly has amnesia and cannot remember anything.
(c) Dolly is beautiful and makes Amanda feel inadequate.
(d) Dolly is hard of hearing and speaks very loudly.
Short Answer Questions
1. When did the narrator propose to Amanda?
2. After what duration of time did the narrator and Amanda move in together?
3. With whom did the narrator come to the club?
4. When Elaine leaves for the restroom, what does the narrator suspect?
5. What street performer do Vicky and the narrator watch at Sheridan Square?
Short Essay Questions
1. What point of view does the author write in, and how is it distinguished?
2. Why, after all the time that has passed, is the narrator still trying to track Amanda down?
3. How does the narrator describe his mother's reaction to Amanda?
4. Why does the narrator purchase the knockoff Cartier watch on the street?
5. Where is the narrator when the story begins?
6. Does the narrator enjoy his work in the Department of Factual Verification? Why or why not?
7. Why does the narrator seem surprised by his situation?
8. Why is the narrator having difficulty fulfilling his dream of becoming a famous fiction writer?
9. How is the mannequin symbolic of Amanda?
10. How is the narrator's love of fiction detrimental to his development as an adult?
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