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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. About how long does the narrator say she could go, while dating Felix, without having sex?
(a) Not as long as two weeks.
(b) One year.
(c) Four months.
(d) About two months.

2. What does a man outside the narrator's apartment try to practice with her one day, to her chagrin?
(a) His English.
(b) Badminton.
(c) Tennis.
(d) His comedy act.

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

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

5. How does the narrator feel upon waking from her bad dream in Part IV?
(a) Sad.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Trapped.
(d) Terrified.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator remember one ex-boyfriend telling her about her reasons for breaking up with him in Part IV?

2. What surprises the narrator about the date she goes on in which she pretends her star sign is Leo?

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

4. What does the narrator tell the German PhD student she used to study?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What job does the narrator get in Part IV?

2. How does the narrator react to the three men who corner her at the bookshop?

3. What do the ex-boyfriends tell the narrator about Twitter?

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

5. Why did the narrator always say was one reason she did not want children?

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

7. Why does the narrator start to get annoyed as she goes on more and more first dates?

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

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

10. How does the narrator approach the necessity of speaking German in Berlin?

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