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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What German word does the narrator flub in trying to process her health insurance?
(a) The word for help.
(b) The word for paper.
(c) The word for print.
(d) The word for black.

2. 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) Chaos Theory.
(b) Relationship Anarchy.
(c) Relationship Friends.
(d) Friends and then Enemies.

3. Where is one place the narrator's first dating-site date tells her he has worked?
(a) The Modern Museum of Art.
(b) The Flowingbell.
(c) The New School.
(d) The John F. Kennedy School at Harvard.

4. Where does the narrator have a layover on her flights to Berlin?
(a) Oslo.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) London.

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

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

7. Which Twitter user does the narrator find herself liking and following in Part III?
(a) @BetterKnowMe
(b) @WonderWomanFL
(c) @HelenofTroyWI
(d) @BrainChildSheba

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

9. 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?
(a) One of desperation.
(b) One of suspicion.
(c) One of anger.
(d) One of competence.

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

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

12. What does Nell suggest that the narrator and she do together?
(a) Search for jobs together.
(b) Water ski.
(c) Have dinner.
(d) Start a writing group.

13. What do even altruistic acts contain, according to the first person the narrator meets through the dating website?
(a) Selfish motivations.
(b) Suspicion.
(c) Evil.
(d) Financial motivations.

14. What does the narrator tell the men in the Bookshop she does for a living?
(a) Professional dancer.
(b) Singer.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Writer.

15. What does the narrator think of the Canadian graphic designer she meets for a date?
(a) He is very arrogant.
(b) He is stubborn.
(c) He is intriguingly nihilistic.
(d) He is genuinely quite nice.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What blogging platform does the narrator remember using back in middle school?

3. What is one characteristic of the first person the narrator meets for a date through the dating website?

4. Where does the narrator go in Part III in an effort to meet new people?

5. What scene does the narrator witness that she thinks reflects poorly on its subjects?

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