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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marla notice about the narrator while he is at the Regent Hotel with her?
(a) He seems really sick too.
(b) Tyler's chemical burn on his hand.
(c) That he does not love her.
(d) He is too skinny.

2. Why is one of the narrator's bags delayed at the airport?
(a) It was stopped by a narcotics dog.
(b) It was vibrating.
(c) It was sent to the wrong baggage claim.
(d) It had no tag on it.

3. What does the narrator learn about through his job?
(a) Corrupt business practices.
(b) Stock quotes.
(c) Insider trading tips.
(d) Impending lay-offs.

4. Whom does the narrator meet at this support group?
(a) No one.
(b) Marla.
(c) Bob.
(d) Tyler.

5. What did the telegram that Tyler sent Marla's mother say?
(a) "Cannot live like this, please help!"
(b) "Depressed and lonely, please help!"
(c) "Hideously wrinkled, please help!"
(d) "Broke and hungry, please help!"

6. What does Tyler ask the narrator never to do concerning Marla?
(a) Talk to her about Tyler.
(b) Let her stay too long.
(c) Offer her anything.
(d) Be nice to her.

7. Why does the narrator wonder if Tyler and Marla are the same person?
(a) They wear the same clothes.
(b) They are never in the same room at the same time.
(c) They are so similar.
(d) They are always together.

8. When the narrator arrives at the meeting, Bob is there. What does Bob tell him?
(a) Everyone died.
(b) The group moved to a different location.
(c) The group was disbanded.
(d) They are in the wrong room.

9. What does the narrator dream about after calling Marla to ask if she was going to the support group meeting?
(a) Having sex with Marla.
(b) Going to Fight Club.
(c) Moving out of the Paper Street house.
(d) Killing Marla.

10. What is Tyler doing when the narrator first sees him?
(a) Making a sculpture with driftwood.
(b) Gathering seashells.
(c) Sun tanning.
(d) Sleeping.

11. What did Marla decide about cancer after finding her first lump?
(a) That she would try to beat it.
(b) She would kill herself.
(c) That she would die within a month.
(d) If she was dying she did not want to know.

12. What does Tyler remind the narrator of while his hand is burning?
(a) The narrator can transcend death if he wants to.
(b) Someday the narrator will die.
(c) No one can help the narrator but himself.
(d) No one cares about the narrator.

13. How did Tyler alert the hostess about what he did to her bottle of perfume?
(a) Drew her a picture.
(b) Showed her pictures of the act.
(c) Left her clues.
(d) Wrote her an anonymous note.

14. What support group does the narrator attend several months prior to the opening scene?
(a) Melanoma.
(b) Testicular cancer.
(c) Brain parasites.
(d) Brain cancer.

15. Who came to the Regent Hotel after Tyler picked up Marla?
(a) The police.
(b) The paramedics.
(c) The supervisor.
(d) The neighbors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's job title?

2. What does Tyler urge the narrator to realize while his hand is burning?

3. The narrator tells his boss to be careful who he shows the piece of paper to. What reason does he give for this?

4. What did Marla tell the narrator was her reason for not wanting to go to the support group meeting?

5. What does Marla think she has when she urgently asks the narrator to come to the Regent Hotel?

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