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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: The Golden Vanity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once Alex and the unnamed narrator make it to Alex's apartment, they hear through what medium that "the storm would make landfall around 4:00 a.m." (20)?
(a) Podcast.
(b) Radio.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) Television.

2. What object does the author encounter along his walk that makes him feel as if it is exists "at once in the present and in various pasts" (66)?
(a) A hay bale.
(b) A dog.
(c) A gaslight.
(d) A broom.

3. The unnamed narrator recalls his class writing letters to which historical figure when he was 7 years old at Randolph Elementary School?
(a) Baby Jessica.
(b) Christa McAuliffe.
(c) Ronald Reagan.
(d) Evel Knievel.

4. The reader is reminded that the unnamed narrator had planned to use the name Josh in his novel to represent which of his real acquaintances?
(a) Dr. Andrews.
(b) David.
(c) Alex.
(d) Jon.

5. Which museum do the unnamed narrator and Alex often visit together on weekday afternoons?
(a) The Smithsonian.
(b) The Guggenheim.
(c) The Metropolitan Museum.
(d) MOMA.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the author's final walk with Liza before he must call the doctor to choose a form of sedation, the heat is described in what way?

2. When the novel opens, the unnamed narrator is walking along with which character?

3. By narrative present, the unnamed narrator has been tutoring Roberto for how many months?

4. "The author" (54) inhabits what role in the short story entitled "The Golden Vanity" that acts as the entirety of Part Two of 10:04?

5. What is the name of the unnamed narrator's friend who teaches third grade at a "dual-language school in Sunset Park" (10)?

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