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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The reader is reminded that the unnamed narrator chose to use the name Liza to represent Alex due to what reason?
(a) It had been the name of her deceased little sister.
(b) It had been her father's second choice for her name.
(c) It had been the name of her beloved grandmother.
(d) It had been her mother's second choice for her name.

2. The unnamed narrator and Alex sit together on what type of seat "in the middle of an expansive, unkempt backyard in New Paltz" (199) at the start of Part Five?
(a) A tire swing.
(b) A wicker sofa.
(c) A bench.
(d) A lawn swing.

3. What body of water do Liza and the author reach just before the author says he has decided to opt for local anesthesia?
(a) A river.
(b) An ocean.
(c) A bay.
(d) A lake.

4. Just after a photograph of an astronaut is presented in Part One, the narrator says that "an unusually large cyclonic system with a warm core was approaching" (16) what location?
(a) The West coast.
(b) The East coast.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York City.

5. Who pays the whole bill for everyone's dinner at Cochineal in Part Four?
(a) Diane.
(b) The intern.
(c) The unnamed narrator.
(d) Monika.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of the unnamed narrator's bill at the hospital in Part Three is covered by his insurance?

2. "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?

3. During the unnamed narrator's residency, he must have what objects mailed to his temporary address in Texas?

4. How many months before the agent and the narrator's fancy dinner in Chelsea did the agent tell him she thought he could 'get a strong six-figure' advance based on a story" (3) he had written for the New Yorker?

5. The unnamed narrator recalls his class writing letters to which historical figure when he was 7 years old at Randolph Elementary School?

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