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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Thick.
(b) Cloying.
(c) Summery.
(d) Wintry.

2. For whom is the author waiting at the start of Part Two: The Golden Vanity, which is composed of a short story written by the fictional unnamed narrator?
(a) A librarian.
(b) An attorney.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A student.

3. The unnamed narrator remarks in Part One that the movie Back to the Future was a movie of what type from his youth?
(a) Crucial.
(b) Iconic.
(c) Memorable.
(d) Fun.

4. What is the name of the unnamed narrator's friend who teaches third grade at a "dual-language school in Sunset Park" (10)?
(a) Stephen.
(b) Aaron.
(c) Roberto.
(d) Alex.

5. The author notices that Hannah has what color hair, as well as a silver nose ring?
(a) Red.
(b) Blonde.
(c) Black.
(d) Light brown.

6. Liza laughingly compares the author to which historical figure once he announces that he will opt for local anesthesia?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Joan of Arc.
(d) Patton.

7. 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.

8. 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) Newspaper.
(b) Television.
(c) Radio.
(d) Podcast.

9. Which creature is the focus of the book the unnamed narrator and Roberto plan to write together?
(a) The Yeti.
(b) The Loch Ness monster.
(c) The unicorn.
(d) The brontosaurus.

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

11. How many hours in advance of the author's medical appointment must he call to choose a method of sedation?
(a) 48.
(b) 36.
(c) 24.
(d) 72.

12. In what state do Natali and Bernard live?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) Delaware.
(c) New York.
(d) Pennsylvania.

13. The unnamed narrator was recently diagnosed with a defect of what body part?
(a) The heart.
(b) The liver.
(c) The kidney.
(d) The spine.

14. The unnamed narrator remarks that the chair at Mount Sinai Hospital had "been designed for" (5) whom?
(a) A kindergartener.
(b) A elderly person.
(c) An infant.
(d) A toddler.

15. When the author reaches the bar in Dumbo, what is hanging outside the bar in lieu of a sign?
(a) A barber pole.
(b) A noose.
(c) An exposed light bulb.
(d) A set of prayer flags.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the unnamed narrator in narrative present?

2. Liz tells the author that he will "do the twilight-sedation thing because" (64) he is a what?

3. 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?

4. 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)?

5. Alex and the unnamed narrator first met in college in a class about what topic?

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