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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does the unnamed narrator use to describe Alena's fourth-floor apartment?
(a) Huge.
(b) Giant.
(c) Infinitesimal.
(d) Tiny.

2. During the first meeting of Hannah and the author, she explains what term to him that "he'd never heard" (68)?
(a) Pareidolia.
(b) Synesthesia.
(c) Apoplexy.
(d) Mercurochrome.

3. How many hours in advance of the author's medical appointment must he call to choose a method of sedation?
(a) 48.
(b) 24.
(c) 36.
(d) 72.

4. How many hours does it take for Michael to drive the unnamed narrator from the airport to his residency house?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

5. The unnamed narrator brings a single book written by which author along with him for the period of his residency?
(a) Whitman.
(b) Twain.
(c) Capote.
(d) Frost.

Short Answer Questions

1. What three words of advice does the distinguished female author give to the unnamed narrator after they hug their goodbyes?

2. How many minutes of the unnamed narrator's shift at the co-op passes during Noor's story?

3. When the unnamed narrator returns to hear the rest of Noor's story, how many minutes must he wait while everyone else stops listening?

4. In what type of establishment is the author waiting for someone at the beginning of Part Two: The Golden Vanity?

5. About what subject does the unnamed narrator pontificate when the intern begs him to speak aloud?

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