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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. How many siblings does the narrator describe Adrian as having in Chapter 1?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

2. When did Alex say he had seen Adrian when meeting with the narrator to discuss his suicide in Chapter 1?
(a) Three weeks ago.
(b) Two months ago.
(c) Three months ago.
(d) One month ago.

3. What is the name of the narrator's firstborn child?
(a) Annie.
(b) Susie.
(c) Maria.
(d) Sarah.

4. What did Adrian request in his suicide letter that the coroner do with his remains?
(a) Have him buried in his parents' cemetary plot.
(b) Have his body cast into the sea.
(c) Have his remains shot to the moon.
(d) Have him cremated and scattered.

5. The narrator says in Chapter 1 that he and his friends assured one another that the imagination's first duty was to be what?
(a) Restrained.
(b) Transgressive.
(c) Implosive.
(d) Explorative.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator notes in Chapter 1 that when teasing or calling his friends to seriousness, Adrian would address the narrator by what name?

2. What periodical ran the headline after Adrian's death that was titled "Tragic Death of 'Promising' Young Man" (97)?

3. How tall does the narrator describe Veronica as in Chapter 1?

4. Where did the narrator go to meet his friend to discuss Adrian's suicide after he arrived home?

5. At whose jokes does the narrator say Veronica laughed at more easily than his own when she met his friends in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do the protagonist and his friends go to college after high school?

2. Why is the protagonist angered by the fact that Adrian is labeled as mentally disturbed regarding his suicide?

3. Who are the "original three" among the narrator's group of friends? How are they described?

4. Who informs the protagonist of Adrian's death? How has Adrian died?

5. What is the significance of the memory fragments that are presented by the narrator in the opening of Chapter 1?

6. What is the protagonist's mother's theory regarding Adrian's suicide? How does the protagonist respond to this theory?

7. Whom did the protagonist marry? How does he describe the early years of their marriage?

8. How is the intimacy between the protagonist and Veronica described during their courtship and after?

9. In the present tense narrative, what are the protagonist's circumstances as described in the conclusion of Chapter 1?

10. How does the narrator describe the meeting with his friends one year after Adrian's suicide?

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