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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the narrator's friend that she writes nasty things about in her journal in school?
(a) Michaela.
(b) Nell.
(c) Jennifer.
(d) Kayla.

3. What does the narrator have to do with the twins every morning?
(a) Feed them.
(b) Walk them.
(c) Sing to them.
(d) Have them listen to music.

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

5. Who is the mother of the children who interviews the narrator?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Rena.
(c) Helena.
(d) Genevieve.

6. What problem does the narrator run into using social media in Berlin?
(a) She needs new eyeglasses to see the screen well enough to read it.
(b) She does not use social media at all in Berlin.
(c) Most of the people she knows on it are asleep when she is on it due to the time-zone difference.
(d) She can not reliably connect to the internet.

7. Who is the first person the narrator goes on a date with in Berlin that she was matched with through a dating site?
(a) Paul.
(b) Henry.
(c) Bergman.
(d) Fred.

8. How does the narrator feel about astrology?
(a) She believes in it wholeheartedly.
(b) She thinks only older people believe in it.
(c) She thinks only uneducated people believe in it.
(d) She knows it is fake.

9. What does the narrator tell the German PhD student she used to study?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Anthropology.
(c) Math.
(d) Gender Studies.

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

11. 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.

12. 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 fair.
(c) They were not believable.
(d) They were abstract.

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

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

15. What does Frieda tell the narrator when she says she thinks she should probably take a German class?
(a) Spanish is better.
(b) English is better.
(c) Italian is better.
(d) French is better.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think of the Canadian graphic designer she meets for a date?

2. How does the narrator feel about the time she had sex with Felix after showing up at his apartment a little drunk?

3. In Part IV, which date cancels their plans on the narrator?

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

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

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