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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When the unnamed narrator attending the private showing of a particular artist's works, he says, "The works felt first and foremost like a" (179) what?
(a) Breath of fresh air.
(b) Celebration.
(c) Travesty.
(d) Memorial.

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

4. At the end of Part Four, the unnamed narrator finally figures out that the man who had greeted him at the bookstore has what name?
(a) Charles.
(b) Paul.
(c) Jeff.
(d) Norman.

5. When the unnamed narrator rises for his first full day in Marfa, he finds his face covered in what substance?
(a) Makeup.
(b) Paint.
(c) Flour.
(d) Blood.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the scene of the first meeting of Hannah and the author comes to an end, what is included just prior to the page break?

3. Alex cautions the unnamed narrator in Part Three not to write about what kinds of issues?

4. After the art showing, when the unnamed narrator goes to dinner at Cochineal, which character gets interrupted each time he tries to contribute to the conversation?

5. In what year did the tragedy discussed by the unnamed narrator at the literary event occur?

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