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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. With whom does the narrator make a lunch date for the next day?
(a) Clara Tillinghast.
(b) Vicky Hollins.
(c) The Druid.
(d) Megan Avery.

2. What does the phone call entail?
(a) The caller wants the narrator to come back to the apartment.
(b) The caller wants the narrator to take his old job back.
(c) The caller wants the narrator to provide smut on the magazine.
(d) The called wants to repair their marriage.

3. What does the narrator's mother reveal about the narrator as a baby?
(a) He was a very quiet and well-behaved baby.
(b) He was partially deaf when he was born.
(c) He was a horribly difficult baby.
(d) His eyes changed color when he was very young.

4. For what does the narrator ask the man unloading the truck?
(a) He asks him for a fresh roll.
(b) He asks him to use the phone.
(c) He asks him for a map of the city.
(d) He asks him for ten dollars to catch a taxi.

5. How does Michael get into the narrator's apartment?
(a) He has brought a police escort.
(b) He claims he is a parcel service.
(c) He pleads with the narrator to let him in.
(d) He forces his way through the door.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pain medication is their mother taking?

2. What animal does Megan say was found in the mail room?

3. What does the narrator smell on his way home, through his nose-bleed?

4. According to Megan, what was the only coherent thing Alex said when he was discovered?

5. What have they resolved to leave in Clara's office?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator opt to take Megan's valium?

2. What does the narrator remember the most about Amanda, though he cannot remember what she looks like?

3. What kind of relationship did the narrator have with his mother?

4. Why does Michael say he never liked Amanda?

5. What is the narrator's reaction when he sees his brother waiting on the stoop?

6. What does Michael theorize may have spurred the narrator to marry Amanda?

7. What does the reader learn about Megan's past?

8. What exhibit in the museum is the narrator's favorite?

9. Why is the narrator unsettled by the absence of Amanda's mannequin?

10. Why does the narrator leap out of the limo to escape his conversation with Bernie, the drug lord?

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