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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say happens after he fails to kill Isobel?
(a) He says that he became a me instead of a we.
(b) He says that he became fully human.
(c) He says that she threatened to kill him.
(d) He says that his head was taken over by violet pain.

2. How does the narrator try to get Gulliver to kill himself?
(a) By slitting his wrists.
(b) By hanging himself.
(c) By taking pills.
(d) By falling down the stairs.

3. How does the narrator convince Gulliver to trust him and to kill the replacement?
(a) He gets Newton to show Gulliver he trusts him.
(b) He tells him to think of Dordogne.
(c) He tells him he knows who sent the replacement.
(d) He invokes the brown leaf he turned green.

4. How far away would the orange need to be, in the narrator's illustration, to represent how far away Vonnadoria would be?
(a) In Mercury’s orbit.
(b) In Italy.
(c) In New Zealand.
(d) In Canada.

5. Who does Maggie say the narrator looks like?
(a) Jake LaMotta.
(b) Rocky.
(c) Ivan Drago.
(d) Muhammad Ali.

6. Why does Ari say that the idea of aliens can only be enjoyed as fiction?
(a) Because he does not think it is possible for there to be life elsewhere.
(b) Because the crisis of science being wrong would destroy human knowledge.
(c) Because the reality would push human beings out of the center of their own worldview.
(d) Because there would be panic if people thought it was possible.

7. What is the narrator’s response when he and Gulliver see the boy who bullied Gulliver?
(a) He hypnotizes the boy and adjusts his mind.
(b) He challenges the boy to fight.
(c) He protects Gulliver from the boy.
(d) He turns around so the boy doesn’t see them.

8. How does the narrator dispose of the replacement’s body?
(a) He buries it.
(b) He takes it outside.
(c) He dissolves it in water.
(d) He cuts it up and puts it down the sink.

9. What does Gulliver tell the narrator about Isobel?
(a) She is dating.
(b) She misses him.
(c) She has been diagnosed with cancer.
(d) She wants to move.

10. Where does the narrator say that love stems from?
(a) The depths of grief.
(b) The heat of desire.
(c) The inevitability of death.
(d) The possibility of pain.

11. Why do the hosts tell the narrator to be careful?
(a) Because they are listening.
(b) Because they have sent a replacement.
(c) Because he might be disciplined.
(d) Because the fate of the universe depends on his actions.

12. What does the narrator’s virus change Gulliver’s bullies’ names to on Facebook?
(a) I am a source of shame.
(b) I hurt because I am hurt.
(c) I beg for your forgiveness.
(d) I have behaved badly.

13. What does the narrator say he found terrifying about making love with Maggie?
(a) The violence.
(b) The dysfunction.
(c) The exoticism.
(d) The alienation.

14. How does the narrator try to blunt the replacement’s power?
(a) By turning the TV on.
(b) By cutting his left hand off.
(c) By taking him outside.
(d) By sitting him on the purple couch.

15. What does Isobel’s alter ego in her novel say will happen if she solves the mystery of her marriage?
(a) She will have to renew her vows.
(b) The love will end.
(c) The marriage will enter a crisis.
(d) She will need to solve herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say happens when everything becomes alien?

2. What Talking Heads song does the narrator listen to over and over?

3. What does the narrator say is the biggest act of bravery or madness a human being can commit?

4. What does the narrator say he always needed, instead of emotions?

5. What is the consequence for the narrator, of bringing Gulliver back to life?

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