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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 does the narrator say that doing things ironically sometimes leads to?
(a) Disasters.
(b) Friendships.
(c) Legal trouble.
(d) Straightforward consequences.

2. Where is the woman the narrator is subletting from living in Part III?
(a) England.
(b) Spain.
(c) America.
(d) Portugal.

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

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

5. What does the friend who interprets the narrator's astrological birth chart tell her?
(a) She wants to talk to the narrator about the frightening consequences of what she has learned.
(b) She is stunned by its clarity.
(c) She could not complete her project.
(d) She is confused.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator find an apartment in Berlin?

2. What does the narrator tell the men in the Bookshop she does for a living?

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

4. What does a man outside the narrator's apartment try to practice with her one day, to her chagrin?

5. Which dating site required users to post real photos of themselves?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the narrator seem to grudgingly admire about Nell?

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

4. How does the narrator eventually decide to approach all her dates?

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

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

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

8. What does the narrator think that an orgasm can be, especially if it is dramatic?

9. At the end of Part IV, what makes the narrator almost cry?

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

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