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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the narrator with when she finds out Felix has died?
(a) Her friend Heather.
(b) Jeremy.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister.

2. 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 is a MacArthur Genius.
(c) That she got accepted to a PhD program.
(d) That she is a singer.

3. Why does the narrator Google Felix's name?
(a) To see if his pictures match his name.
(b) To see what his star sign is.
(c) To find out if there is anything strange on the internet about him.
(d) To see how much money he makes.

4. Where does the narrator meet Felix for the first time?
(a) New York City.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Chicago.
(d) San Jose.

5. What is the title of the narrator's boyfriend's account that he posts conspiracy theories on?
(a) This Account Is Bugged.
(b) The Real Story.
(c) Fable Cake.
(d) Wren Times.

6. What does the narrator find intriguing about her conversation with Felix at the bar the first night they meet?
(a) He asks her what she wants to be doing in ten years.
(b) He asks her a lot of questions about herself.
(c) He asks her to marry him.
(d) He asks her what her Zodiac sign is.

7. What does Felix's mug at the narrator's apartment have written on it?
(a) Fuck the Internet.
(b) Whip It.
(c) Take Care.
(d) You're My Person.

8. What does the narrator get the sense that most people want her to do in the wake of Felix's death?
(a) Start dating again right away.
(b) Offer some kind of tearful confession.
(c) Go to therapy.
(d) Move to a new city.

9. How does the narrator begin to feel after about five drinks?
(a) Like her true self.
(b) Pretty.
(c) Very drunk.
(d) Confused.

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

11. How long after the narrator and Felix meet does he move back to the United States?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 6 months.

12. 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 the U.S. government was complicit in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
(c) That the U.S. president is really an alien.
(d) That vaccines are a means of government control.

13. What does the person the narrator meets on her way to the grocery store ask her?
(a) For money.
(b) What she thinks the meaning of life is.
(c) For directions.
(d) What her star sign is.

14. What is one of the best lessons the narrator says she ever learned?
(a) The concept of sunk cost.
(b) How to really embrace sadness.
(c) How to disable an attacker in one quick motion.
(d) How to use a coat hanger to pick a lock.

15. What do many people the narrator knows have as a result of stress?
(a) Therapy pets.
(b) Dream journals.
(c) Mouth guards to prevent them from grinding their teeth.
(d) Special mattresses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Felix ask the narrator to do with just him at the end of the tour?

2. What annoys the narrator on her walk across the Williamsburg Bridge?

3. How does the narrator describe her skincare regimen?

4. How do the narrator's friends react to her announcement of her move following Felix's death?

5. When does the sky begin to get light in Berlin on the narrator's first visit there?

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