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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 river is the narrator gazing across?
(a) The Hudson River.
(b) The East River.
(c) The Ohio River.
(d) The Mississippi River.

2. Why does the narrator decide to go in to work?
(a) He cannot stand to be without the love of his life, Clara.
(b) His job is unfinished and he does not want to put pressure on his colleagues.
(c) He loves his job and the office.
(d) He promised Alex he would go.

3. How does the narrator feel about his childhood?
(a) He felt he was always on the outside looking in.
(b) He is not really affected by his past one way or the other.
(c) He felt loved and treasured, easily making friends.
(d) He feels he had a very normal, average childhood.

4. In what point of view is the novel written?
(a) Second person.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person omniscient.
(d) Third person.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In which department would the narrator rather be working?

2. What kind of ship does the narrator watch make its way across the river?

3. Who settled their divorce?

4. In which branch of the magazine does the narrator work?

5. Who has the narrator told about his split with Amanda?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. To whom is the narrator speaking at the beginning of the story?

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

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

5. How is the mannequin symbolic of Amanda?

6. Why is the narrator so upset when he forgets Megan's bagel?

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

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

9. Why is the narrator conflicted when he learns the French piece has already gone to the typesetters?

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

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