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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. Alex remarks at the museum that she is how old "and single" (7) in the narrative present?
(a) 29.
(b) 32.
(c) 41.
(d) 36.

2. 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) Evel Knievel.
(c) Christa McAuliffe.
(d) Ronald Reagan.

3. Part Two: The Golden Vanity is an excerpt of which character's fictional writing?
(a) Alex.
(b) The unnamed narrator.
(c) Bernard.
(d) Natali.

4. What food from the fancy dinner in Chelsea does the narrator refer to again and again?
(a) Tuna.
(b) Octopus.
(c) Shark.
(d) Eel.

5. Of how many square feet is the author's third floor apartment composed?
(a) 800.
(b) 1,200.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 600.

Short Answer Questions

1. "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?

2. The unnamed narrator remarks in Part One that the movie Back to the Future was a movie of what type from his youth?

3. How old is the third-grader named Roberto?

4. What is revealed to be the truth about Doctor Roberts's request for the author to see a neurologist?

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

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