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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 tea.
(c) An ice cream shake.
(d) A cappuccino.

2. Where is Catherine flying to London from?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Paris.
(d) Harare.

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

4. Who is one of the narrator's favorite actors?
(a) Tim Robbins.
(b) Robert DeNiro.
(c) Sean Penn.
(d) Robert Redford.

5. What does the narrator threaten to do if the investment advisor does not adhere to his wishes?
(a) Go to another firm.
(b) Tell Marc Daubenay not to send any more clients to him.
(c) FIle a lawsuit.
(d) Write a bad article about the company.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator state that he hates in the end of Chapter 3?

2. What does the narrator tell his friends about his settlement?

3. Where does Catherine go in Chapter 4?

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

5. When do investment professionals advise "top-slicing" investments?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator tell his friends about his settlement?

2. What does Matthew Younger suggest to the narrator about his investments in Part II?

3. Who does Daubenay set the narrator up with almost immediately following the settlement?

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

5. What are the terms of the narrator's settlement?

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

7. What does the narrator remember about his accident?

8. How does the narrator view his ongoing relationship with Catherine?

9. What specific neighbors does the narrator recall from his past apartment building?

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

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