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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. On the way to work, what poster does the narrator see?
(a) A Missing Person poster.
(b) A kids' show poster.
(c) A Wanted poster.
(d) A concert poster.

2. Why does the narrator begin to panic as the morning waxes?
(a) He has not planned to end the night alone, and does not want to go into the sunlight.
(b) He completely lost track of time and has missed his train.
(c) He has lost his credit card and thinks it was stolen.
(d) He has lost his wife in the melee and cannot find her.

3. About how often is the narrator late to work?
(a) Never.
(b) Two or three times a month.
(c) At least once a week.
(d) About once a month.

4. Of what object do the girls' eyes remind the narrator?
(a) A bruised apple.
(b) A shiny piece of aluminum.
(c) A Jeep Cherokee in the junkyard.
(d) A sandblasted shower door.

5. Why does the narrator dislike going home?
(a) His apartment is haunted with thoughts of his ex-wife.
(b) He lives with an unruly roommate.
(c) His apartment is a slum and infested with cockroaches.
(d) He lives with his nagging mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of guy does the narrator see himself as?

2. How does the narrator convince himself to stay out with Tad instead of just going home?

3. What item(s) is the narrator always leaving in taxis?

4. When the narrator dances with a girl at the club, what does she reveal she has heard about his wife?

5. What two feelings is the narrator torn between when he discovers his proofs are gone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator hope for as he turns in an article that he knows is unfinished?

2. 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?

3. How does the narrator describe his mother's reaction to Amanda?

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

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

6. How did the narrator and Amanda first meet?

7. Why does the narrator seem surprised by his situation?

8. How does the narrator feel after his date with Vicky?

9. What is the significance of the last three images in the chapter: the Colgate sign, the Statue of Liberty, and the garbage barge?

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

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