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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator's boyfriend keep his phone while he sleeps?
(a) She does not know where he keeps the phone while he sleeps.
(b) In a safe.
(c) In his car.
(d) Under his pillow.

2. When does the sky begin to get light in Berlin on the narrator's first visit there?
(a) 2 a.m.
(b) 7 a.m.
(c) 5 a.m.
(d) 3:30 a.m.

3. 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.

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

5. Who does the narrator ask to borrow a tampon from in Part I?
(a) Her best friend.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Felix's roommate.
(d) Her sister.

6. What job does Felix tell the narrator he does when they first meet?
(a) He is a lawyer.
(b) He is a bike courier.
(c) He is a grad student.
(d) He is an artist, mostly a painter.

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

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

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

10. Who does the narrator routinely refer to as sort of watching her story and commenting on it from the sidelines?
(a) The ex-boyfriends.
(b) The singers.
(c) The parents.
(d) The best friends.

11. Where and when does the narrator usually write her longer stories?
(a) At a university, during the working day.
(b) Outside the office, at night or on weekends.
(c) At her mother's house on the weekends.
(d) In the office, during the day.

12. What does the narrator decide to put off doing until after the big women's protest?
(a) Getting a new job.
(b) Dumping Felix.
(c) Writing her novel.
(d) Finding a new apartment.

13. Who is elected to the U.S. presidency in Part I?
(a) Donald Trump.
(b) George W. Bush.
(c) Mitt Romney.
(d) Barack Obama.

14. Who does the narrator accidentally hang out with for a while on her vacation in 2015?
(a) A famous painter.
(b) A famous singer.
(c) Her old college roommate.
(d) Two Brazilians.

15. What is one possible explanation the narrator entertains for why Felix seems to interested in her?
(a) He might be buttering her up because of some strange sexual fetish he has.
(b) He might be asking to move in with her.
(c) He might be asking to borrow money.
(d) He might be asking her for a job recommendation.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator begin to feel after about five drinks?

2. Why does the narrator eventually leave the women's march early?

3. What does the narrator find intriguing about her conversation with Felix at the bar the first night they meet?

4. Where is the narrator staying in Berlin?

5. What kind of literature does the narrator remember a lot of?

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