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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 drink does the narrator always order at the coffee shop?
(a) A latte.
(b) A cappuccino.
(c) An ice cream shake.
(d) A tea.

2. What does the narrator's art teacher from childhood tell him and the others students sculpting was about?
(a) Practice.
(b) Having the right mallet.
(c) Hand strength.
(d) Removing the surplus matter from a material.

3. What can the narrator only say very little about in Chapter 1?
(a) His childhood.
(b) Food.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) The accident.

4. What does the homeless person ask the narrator when he approaches him?
(a) Whether the narrator is a teacher.
(b) Whether the narrator is working.
(c) Whether the narrator is a stock broker.
(d) Whether the narrator is a Christian.

5. Where does Catherine suggest investing in charitable works?
(a) Spain.
(b) Africa.
(c) East Asia.
(d) America.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the clearest memory Catherine tells the narrator she has?

2. What does the narrator want to do for his own search for his new apartment building?

3. Where is the narrator meeting his friend the day after his settlement comes through?

4. What do the workers at the coffee shop the narrator favors always say in greeting?

5. Who are the most difficult set of professionals for the narrator to work with on his apartment project?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who eventually helps connect the narrator with the person who runs his apartment project for him, and how does he do this?

2. Who does the narrator become fascinated with at the end of Part I, and why?

3. What does the narrator remember about his accident?

4. What group of employees does the narrator have a particularly difficult time working with?

5. What does the narrator do when he hears about the amount of his settlement?

6. What does the narrator see at David Simpson's party that changes his life?

7. What does the narrator threaten Matthew Younger with in order to get Younger to do what he wants?

8. What do Greg and Catherine advise the narrator to do with his settlement money?

9. What are some of the accommodations and deals the narrator has to make to have his apartment dream become a reality?

10. Why do people at David's party become really angry with the narrator?

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