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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of job does the narrator apply for and get?
(a) An accounting job.
(b) A part-time babysitting job.
(c) A job at a coffee shop.
(d) A writing job.

2. Which section of one dating site is mean to determine personality traits in relation to how well a user would get along with other users?
(a) The Big Three.
(b) Match Questions.
(c) Dream Journal.
(d) The Box.

3. What does the narrator think would make the kind of books of collected tweets that she sometimes sees at Urban Outfitters better?
(a) Adding more authors' names to the covers.
(b) Making the cover art more colorful.
(c) Making them into novels or memoirs that contained no tweets.
(d) Eliminating them entirely.

4. Why does the narrator not want to return to New York City in Part III?
(a) She does not want to have to move back in with her old roommate in New York City.
(b) She has come to hate New York City.
(c) She is completely broke.
(d) It will feel like she just wasted her time in Berlin.

5. What does the narrator realizes often happens on the dating websites when she asks to meet someone in person?
(a) The person always suggests somewhere bad to meet.
(b) The person asks if she can pay for the date.
(c) The person tells her he is busy.
(d) The person often stops messaging her.

6. What surprises the narrator about her approach to dating in Part IV?
(a) It is taking more research than she had anticipated.
(b) It is making her angry.
(c) It is making her sad.
(d) It is much more fun than she thought it would be.

7. What theory does the first person the narrator is matched with through the dating site tell her about that she has never heard of before?
(a) Friends and then Enemies.
(b) Relationship Anarchy.
(c) Relationship Friends.
(d) Chaos Theory.

8. Why does the narrator try to avoid small talk in Berlin?
(a) She is self-conscious of her English.
(b) It reminds her of Felix.
(c) She really does not want anyone to ask her on a date.
(d) She does not speak German at all.

9. What does the narrator tell her prospective employer she used to work at in her interview?
(a) Writing.
(b) Waitressing.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Accounting.

10. What does the narrator remember one ex-boyfriend telling her about her reasons for breaking up with him in Part IV?
(a) They were nasty.
(b) They were not believable.
(c) They were fair.
(d) They were abstract.

11. Which dating site required users to post real photos of themselves?
(a) OKCupid.
(b) Friendler.
(c) Beakish.
(d) Bam.

12. What does the narrator realize she needs to apply for a German visa?
(a) Health insurance.
(b) A sponsor.
(c) A car.
(d) A phone.

13. What does the narrator often do as she walks the babies in the morning?
(a) Listen to podcasts.
(b) Flirt with people.
(c) Talk on the phone.
(d) Eat.

14. What happens on the narrator's first date in Berlin in Part III?
(a) Her date tells her he is just looking for a job.
(b) Her date has no money and she has to pay for the drinks.
(c) Her date throws up on her.
(d) Her date never shows up.

15. What does the friend who interprets the narrator's astrological birth chart tell her?
(a) She wants to talk to the narrator about the frightening consequences of what she has learned.
(b) She is stunned by its clarity.
(c) She could not complete her project.
(d) She is confused.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first person the narrator goes on a date with in Berlin that she was matched with through a dating site?

2. Which Twitter user does the narrator find herself liking and following in Part III?

3. What does the narrator tell the men in the Bookshop she does for a living?

4. What does the narrator imagine about the man she meets at the Greek cafe?

5. What does the narrator tell her date when she is pretending to be a Taurus?

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