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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Vacation of a Lifetime, Mailman & Body Chemistry 101.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the narrator able to sing blues easily in "Harlem Blues"?
(a) She has the blues.
(b) Kendall, her live-in boyfriend is cheating on her.
(c) She feels them when she sings them.
(d) Her voice sounds best in blues.

2. Where does Amber have dinner with the person who misdials her?
(a) Ross's.
(b) The Diner.
(c) The Cuckoo's Nest.
(d) Hearth and Harvest.

3. Who is the last person the narrator needs to be intimate with in "The Godfather"?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Norman, her husband's best friend.
(c) Her ex.
(d) Her husband's ex-friend.

4. Who prances into Clarence's office in "Be My Valentine"?
(a) Yeardley.
(b) Yardley.
(c) Yards.
(d) Yearly.

5. In "Nervous" when does the narrator first meet HER?
(a) When she was 19.
(b) Freshman year in college.
(c) Senior year in college.
(d) High school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who pulls up to the pulled over couple in "The Interstate"

2. How much time do Simone and the person she encounters in "Lust in a Bus Depot" spend together post their encounter?

3. What does Clarence dedicate to his date in "Be My Valentine"?

4. What changes for the narrator in "Harlem Blues" as she watches her friend, the piano player?

5. What story does the second section, Wilder, begin with?

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