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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What three words of advice does the distinguished female author give to the unnamed narrator after they hug their goodbyes?
(a) Do it all.
(b) Take no chances.
(c) Be very careful.
(d) Read the horoscope.

2. The unnamed narrator brings a book by which poet to the Mt. Sinai Hospital when he visits Bernard in Part One?
(a) Bronk.
(b) Strand.
(c) Cummings.
(d) Stevens.

3. The author sets up an appointment to have what procedure performed?
(a) Tonsil removal.
(b) Gallbladder removal.
(c) Appendectomy.
(d) Wisdom tooth removal.

4. Looking at what sight always gives the unnamed narrator a "small thrill" (107)?
(a) A sunrise.
(b) The onset of nighttime.
(c) Manhattan's skyline.
(d) The small of a woman's back.

5. In what way are Sharon and Jon, two of the unnamed narrator's friends, acquainted?
(a) They are colleagues.
(b) They are siblings.
(c) They are married.
(d) They are cousins.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what hospital does the unnamed narrator go at the beginning of Part Three?

2. The author worries about "what kind of precedent [he is] establishing" (63) if he deals with the medical operation by taking what action?

3. The unnamed narrator remarks that the chair at Mount Sinai Hospital had "been designed for" (5) whom?

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

5. When the author reaches the bar in Dumbo, what is hanging outside the bar in lieu of a sign?

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