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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator has been accepted into a graduate program at what university?
(a) Duke.
(b) Stanford.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Yale.

2. With whom does the narrator begin a relationship during this Summer?
(a) Maria.
(b) Annie.
(c) Lou.
(d) Chad.

3. What makes Maria threaten to end her friendship with the narrator?
(a) If he won't break up with Sean.
(b) If he doesn't stop drinking.
(c) If he won't find a better job.
(d) If he doesn't stop analyzing everyone.

4. The narrator's sister's homosexuality suggests __________________________.
(a) childhood abuse.
(b) a genetic component to homosexuality.
(c) sibling rivalry.
(d) a rebellious nature.

5. What kind of job does the narrator get in Chapter 5?
(a) Waiting tables.
(b) Messenger boy.
(c) Museum guide.
(d) Loading transport trucks.

6. How much weight does the narrator lose?
(a) 10 pounds.
(b) 25 pounds.
(c) 40 pounds.
(d) 100 pounds.

7. The person in #102 instructs the narrator on how to be a better lover and a better ______________.
(a) athlete.
(b) friend.
(c) singer.
(d) writer.

8. The narrator can see his past behavior as a manifestation of ______________ rather than identity.
(a) shame.
(b) love.
(c) shock.
(d) greed.

9. How does the narrator behave during the event in #163?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Very talkative.
(c) Boisterous.
(d) Hesitant.

10. Why does Lou tell the narrator that Lou wants to get married?
(a) To cure himself of homosexuality.
(b) To see what "normal" feels like.
(c) To get promoted at work.
(d) To be accepted by his family.

11. Who is Lou?
(a) An ice cream vendor.
(b) The building's superintendent.
(c) A chauffeur.
(d) A wealthy advertising executive.

12. What does the narrator's mother tell him when she returns?
(a) Dr. O'Reilly isn't doing him any good.
(b) He needs to move out.
(c) He is a brilliant writer.
(d) She is reconciling with his father.

13. How does Lou feel about the idea of heterosexual married life?
(a) He is scared of it.
(b) He'll soldier through it.
(c) He is anxious to begin it.
(d) He hates it.

14. How does the narrator describe the hair of the girl on the subway?
(a) Cotton candy puffs.
(b) Goldest filigree.
(c) Rapturous amber.
(d) Straw nothingness.

15. Instead of going to grad school, where does the narrator go?
(a) Paris.
(b) New York City.
(c) Miami.
(d) Los Angeles.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator has to take Lou to a backroom physician to treat _______________________.

2. Eventually the narrator stops seeing ___________________.

3. Who is Sean?

4. The narrator begins to understand that ___________________.

5. Sean contacts the narrator to tell him that he had to leave their relationship because the narrator was ______________.

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