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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major decision does the narrator make in Part III?
(a) To ask Felix's mother what was in his will.
(b) To ask her mother to move to Germany.
(c) To try to get married in Germany.
(d) To try to get a German visa.

2. What blogging platform does the narrator remember using back in middle school?
(a) Helper.
(b) LiveJournal.
(c) WordBook.
(d) Writer.

3. What does the narrator admit to herself about her fake dates?
(a) She loves them.
(b) She is never going to find love this way, or even meaningful connection.
(c) She is sorry to be doing this to men.
(d) She will probably not stop going on fake dates.

4. What job does the narrator assume for her date when she is pretending to be an Aries?
(a) Fortune teller.
(b) Dancer.
(c) Landscaper.
(d) Message therapist.

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

6. What does one of the obnoxious British men at the meeting in Part III ask the narrator that makes the narrator mad?
(a) Why Americans vote the way they do.
(b) Why Americans are all so stupid.
(c) Why Americans are all so fat.
(d) Why Americans are such good writers.

7. In Part IV, which date cancels their plans on the narrator?
(a) A man who played the banjo.
(b) A horseback writer.
(c) A software engineer.
(d) A political activist.

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

9. What question does the narrator ask herself after going on her first date with the person she meets through the dating website?
(a) What would Felix have said about her in this situation?
(b) Will she ever meet someone she likes?
(c) Will she have to move back to America to meet someone who likes her?
(d) Who is open on a first date?

10. What does the narrator feel after she meets a vague acquaintance by chance from earlier in Berlin outside a coffee shop in Part IV?
(a) She does not understand other women at all.
(b) She hates other writers.
(c) She is not the type of person to make friends in foreign countries.
(d) She really dislikes women who always wear skirts.

11. 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 Box.
(b) Dream Journal.
(c) The Big Three.
(d) Match Questions.

12. What surprises the narrator about the date she goes on in which she pretends her star sign is Leo?
(a) The date is Spanish.
(b) The date has read a lot of her online writing.
(c) The date is also a writer.
(d) The date is a psychologist, which scares her.

13. What does Felix ask the narrator during a long night of drinking and making out in a bar?
(a) If she would really like to be a journalist.
(b) If she thinks she wants to get married someday.
(c) If she would like to move in with him.
(d) If she has any sexual fantasies.

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

15. What lie does the narrator tell the guy she meets at the Greek cafe?
(a) Her mother just died.
(b) She works as a pub crawl tour guide.
(c) She is a dancer.
(d) She was born in Germany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of message does the narrator think moving to a foreign country where she knows no one and does not speak the language send?

2. What lie does the narrator tell one date about all her ex-boyfriends?

3. Why does the narrator not want to return to New York City in Part III?

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

5. How does the narrator spend her first weeks in Berlin?

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