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Bright Lights, Big City Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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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. About whom does the narrator dream that night?
(a) Michael.
(b) His mother.
(c) Coma baby.
(d) Amanda.

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

3. 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 honestly thinks Amanda was an activist in South America.
(d) He is hoping he will meet the love of his love through the narrator's tragedy.

4. How did Amanda end her relationship with the narrator?
(a) A phone call from Paris.
(b) A letter from Milan.
(c) A dinner in New York.
(d) An email.

5. What kind of ship does the narrator watch make its way across the river?
(a) A canoe.
(b) A garbage barge.
(c) A sailboat.
(d) A schooner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator hope to meet in the club?

2. What does stepping outside the club feel like to the narrator?

3. What reservations did the narrator's father have about Amanda?

4. Is the narrator depressed about his current situation?

5. After what duration of time did the narrator and Amanda move in together?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Are Vicky and the narrator truly fond of Tad?

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

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

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

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

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

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