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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 108 - 159).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one conspiracy theory the narrator's boyfriend posts that she knows he does not actually believe?
(a) That all cats are robots.
(b) That vaccines are a means of government control.
(c) That the U.S. government was complicit in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
(d) That the U.S. president is really an alien.

2. How does the narrator describe some of Felix's opinions?
(a) Formal.
(b) Ill-considered.
(c) Fateful.
(d) Nihilistic.

3. What do the narrator's friends think of her jokes following Felix's death?
(a) They are the best jokes she has ever told.
(b) They are attempts to mask her pain.
(c) They are genuinely funny.
(d) They are juvenile.

4. Why does the narrator keep looking at her phone even though she has no data plan in Berlin?
(a) Out of compulsion.
(b) Out of happiness.
(c) Out of fear.
(d) Out of anger.

5. What does one of the obnoxious British men at the meeting in Part III ask the narrator that makes the narrator mad?
(a) Why Americans are such good writers.
(b) Why Americans are all so fat.
(c) Why Americans vote the way they do.
(d) Why Americans are all so stupid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where and when does the narrator usually write her longer stories?

2. Who is the narrator's spiritual friend?

3. Who does the narrator ask to borrow a tampon from in Part I?

4. How does the narrator immediately feel upon discovering her boyfriend's secret conspiracy theory postings?

5. Who is elected to the U.S. presidency in Part I?

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