2. Stofsky often feels unloved and freakish due to ______________________.
(a) his inability to get published.
(b) his lack of true friends.
(c) his mother's commitment to an insane asylum.
(d) his continual rejection by women.

3. The book addresses a group of young people commonly called ________________.
(a) Hippies.
(b) Generation X.
(c) The Beat Generation.
(d) Yuppies.

4. Which of the following does NOT describe the people at Stofsky's party?
(a) Ego driven.
(b) Self involved.
(c) Philanthropists.
(d) Thoughtless.

5. How had Stofsky's father reacted when Stofsky told him he was a homosexual?
(a) He was sad.
(b) He was enraged.
(c) He was accepting.
(d) He had no reaction.

6. Who arrives at Waters' apartment?
(a) The neighbors.
(b) The asylum attendants.
(c) The police.
(d) The Chinese take-out guy.

7. Who helps Gene in his involvement with the woman in #55?
(a) Stofsky.
(b) Paul.
(c) Jack.
(d) Kathryn.

8. To whom is Paul writing a love letter?
(a) Marie.
(b) Liza.
(c) Sally.
(d) Kathryn.

9. When Stofsky goes to see Waters, Waters desperately wants ________________.
(a) beer.
(b) money.
(c) marijuana.
(d) food.

10. Who is Paul's wife?
(a) Sara.
(b) Kathryn.
(c) Addie.
(d) Joyce.

11. What university did Paul attend?
(a) Stanford.
(b) Duke.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Harvard.

12. What literary device does the author use when describing the sight of the big man beating up the little man over a woman outside a bar?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

13. Waters raves that time is a/an __________________.
(a) thief.
(b) mistress.
(c) illusion.
(d) despot.

14. Paul tells Kathryn that it is _________________ for her to be attracted to someone else.
(a) natural.
(b) alright.
(c) hurtful.
(d) a sin.

15. Where did Paul grow up?
(a) Hartford.
(b) Westchester.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Burlington.