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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the narrator's friends react to her announcement of her move following Felix's death?
(a) Only her best friend thinks the trip is a good idea.
(b) Some of them tell her to go, and some of them tell her not to go.
(c) They try to persuade her not to go.
(d) They tell her it is a great idea.

2. What is one reason Felix says he leaves Berlin for the U.S.?
(a) The company he works for stiffs him on pay.
(b) He wants to propose to the narrator.
(c) His mother is ill.
(d) He misses America.

3. What is a "New York Trademark," according to the narrator?
(a) Rudeness.
(b) Sincerity.
(c) Warmth.
(d) Theft.

4. What does the narrator's waiter bring her and her boyfriend as a result of his lie about her?
(a) Free champagne.
(b) Free dinners.
(c) Free appetizers.
(d) Free dessert.

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

6. Where is the narrator staying in Berlin?
(a) At a hostel.
(b) In a luxury hotel.
(c) At a friend's house.
(d) In a tent.

7. What does Felix ask the narrator to do with just him at the end of the tour?
(a) Go home with him.
(b) Go to France on the train with him.
(c) Go to a real bar.
(d) Go to the river and watch the tide.

8. 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 listening to the tone it makes as he types it.
(d) By asking his mother, who knows it.

9. Who does the narrator think of as her most successful friend?
(a) Kelly.
(b) Jane.
(c) Kayla.
(d) Jennifer.

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

11. Where does the narrator meet her friend Jeremy the night before the march?
(a) At a bar in Shaw.
(b) At his job at the Library of Congress.
(c) Outside the White House.
(d) In a theater near Capitol Hill.

12. Where is Felix working when the narrator first meets him?
(a) As a bike courier in Berlin.
(b) As a professional karaoke singer.
(c) As a tour guide for a pub crawl.
(d) As a translator for an academic publisher.

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

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

15. What does the narrator drink on the pub crawl in Part I?
(a) Whisky.
(b) Shots.
(c) Wine.
(d) Beer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator's spiritual friend?

2. How does the narrator describe her skincare regimen?

3. How does the narrator sometimes identify fans of President Trump?

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

5. What does Felix's mother send to the narrator?

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