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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What work does Michael offer the narrator?

2. What name does the narrator give to the greeter?

3. Why does the narrator theorize he actually married Amanda?

4. Who do the narrator and Tad encounter upon their illegal return to the office?

5. What are the bouncers dressed up as?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What job does Michael offer to the narrator, and what are the implications of this job?

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

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

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

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

9. Why does the narrator go to the party with Tad?

10. What is the significance of the rolls of bread?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Though brothers, the narrator and Michael are very different people. Compare and contrast Michael and the narrator, focusing specifically on their careers and stations in life. Why are they resentful toward one another? Why has Michael come to New York? Why has the narrator stayed away from home?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Vicky and Amanda.

1) What are some of Amanda's qualities? How do they mesh with the narrator's when the two first met?

2) What are some of Vicky's qualities? How are they a match or a mismatch for the narrator?

3) Which relationship is more promising for the narrator---a reconciliation with Amanda or new chapter with Vicky? Which woman is more appropriate for him?

Essay Topic 3

After Amanda's departure, all the narrator has left of her is a mannequin at Saks Fifth Avenue.

1) Describe the beginnings of their relationship. How did they arrive at such a dramatic point?

2) The narrator and Amanda are very different people. Could this have attributed to their downfall as a couple?

3) How is Amanda's mannequin representative of Amanda herself?

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