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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. Why does the narrator tell her new roommate she is in Berlin?
(a) She is doing graduate school there.
(b) Her parents once lived there and she wants to see what it is like.
(c) She used to live there with her boyfriend.
(d) She got a new job there.

2. How does the narrator figure out her boyfriend's password for his phone?
(a) By secretly watching him type it in for weeks.
(b) By randomly guessing many times.
(c) By asking his mother, who knows it.
(d) By listening to the tone it makes as he types it.

3. What lie does the narrator's boyfriend tell about her in Part I to a waiter?
(a) That she is a radio producer.
(b) That she got accepted to a PhD program.
(c) That she is a MacArthur Genius.
(d) That she is a singer.

4. What does the narrator make Felix for breakfast in Part II?
(a) Poached eggs.
(b) French toast.
(c) Pancakes.
(d) Grits.

5. What does the narrator think of the streets of downtown D.C.?
(a) They are too wide.
(b) They are too littered with trash.
(c) There are not enough trees lining them.
(d) They are too narrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kasia tell the narrator about Felix?

2. Where is Felix working when the narrator first meets him?

3. What major decision does the narrator make in Part III?

4. What does the narrator sometimes find herself perusing on social media, without quite knowing why?

5. Who is the narrator with when she finds out Felix has died?

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