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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. How does the narrator spend her first weeks in Berlin?
(a) Going out to dinner every night.
(b) Going to museums.
(c) In bed, scrolling through social media.
(d) Going dancing every night.

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

5. 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 sad.
(c) It is making her angry.
(d) It is much more fun than she thought it would be.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator tell her new roommate she is in Berlin?

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

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

5. What does the narrator say that doing things ironically sometimes leads to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problem does the narrator have navigating getting health insurance in Germany?

2. What does the narrator do to her friend Kayla in middle school that is terrible?

3. Where does the narrator initially turn for advice on how to get a visa in Germany?

4. What lie does the narrator tell Genevieve about her professional history?

5. How does the narrator describe time spent on Twitter?

6. What does the narrator eventually decide to base the personalities of her characters for her dates on?

7. What prompts the narrator to start a profile on dating websites?

8. What is one reason the narrator found it comforting to be around Felix that she reveals in Part IV?

9. How does the narrator find an apartment to rent in Berlin?

10. Where does the narrator go to try to meet people in Berlin?

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