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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The epigraph of the novel 10:04 cites a story by which group of people?
(a) The shamans.
(b) The Hassidim.
(c) The Turks.
(d) The Sikhs.

3. What action does the author take in his final comment to Liza during their walk, as he also tells Liza to "shut up" (64)?
(a) He shoves her.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He sighs.
(d) He frowns.

4. The morning of the author's planned blind date with Hannah, he calls which character to ask for company on the day of his medical procedure?
(a) Liza.
(b) Hannah.
(c) Josh.
(d) Mary.

5. By narrative present, the unnamed narrator has been tutoring Roberto for how many months?
(a) 3.
(b) 9.
(c) 6.
(d) 1.

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

7. Liza tells the author that he would save how many dollars by opting for local anesthesia?
(a) $300.
(b) $100.
(c) $200.
(d) $150.

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

9. 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.

10. The unnamed narrator receives an email from Natali saying that her husband had hurt what part of his body in a fall?
(a) His arm.
(b) His ankle.
(c) His leg.
(d) His neck.

11. Alex and the unnamed narrator first met in college in a class about what topic?
(a) Dance.
(b) Geology.
(c) Music.
(d) Great novels.

12. What is revealed to be the truth about Doctor Roberts's request for the author to see a neurologist?
(a) The doctor was exaggerating.
(b) The doctor was pulling a prank.
(c) The doctor was minimizing.
(d) The doctor was a figment of the author's imagination.

13. The scene at the bar in Part Two: The Golden Vanity transitions to a scene in which the author appears to speak with which character?
(a) Hannah.
(b) Dr. Roberts.
(c) Mary.
(d) Liza.

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

15. How many days after the author's medical procedure does he receive a phone call about his abnormal X-ray telling him to see a neurologist?
(a) 7.
(b) 1.
(c) 9.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alex and the unnamed narrator "had not become best friends until [they] found [themselves] almost neighbors in" (7) which borough?

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

3. Roberto expresses a fear to the unnamed narrator about which person in his dreams coming to get him?

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

5. What is the name of the unnamed narrator's friend who teaches third grade at a "dual-language school in Sunset Park" (10)?

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