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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 does the narrator encounter at the club?
(a) Megan.
(b) Amanda.
(c) Michael.
(d) The Ghost.

2. What was their mother wearing in Michael's memory?
(a) Their father's hunting vest.
(b) The narrator's old ski jacket.
(c) Their younger brother's baseball cap.
(d) Her fur-lined parka.

3. Why does the narrator theorize he actually married Amanda?
(a) He wanted to please his mother on her deathbed.
(b) He was entranced by her beauty.
(c) He was so eager to get married he did not care to whom.
(d) He wanted to make Michael jealous.

4. What does the narrator do when he sees his visitor?
(a) He pushes them away from his door.
(b) He runs up to the person and give them a hug.
(c) He faints on the spot.
(d) He runs away and ducks into a train.

5. Upon opening the Post, what does the narrator discover about Coma Baby?
(a) Coma Baby was experiencing complications and doctors were worried.
(b) Coma Baby's mother has woken up and everyone is fine.
(c) Coma Baby was expected to have a safe, normal delivery.
(d) Coma Baby was delivered six weeks premature and the mother is dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator feel he must relearn?

2. How does the narrator's mother describe the pain she is in?

3. What does the narrator give to Megan?

4. Who was with their mother the last few days before she died?

5. Who does the narrator call after leaving the club?

Short Essay Questions

1. What stunt is the narrator planning to pull at the fashion show?

2. How does Michael's reappearance change the narrator's demeanor?

3. Why is a home-cooked meal such a novelty for the narrator?

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

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

6. Why is it ironic that the narrator snorts cocaine behind the library?

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

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

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

10. What catalysts are responsible for the narrator rising early, reading the paper, and arriving on time to work?

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