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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) A chart.
(b) A poem.
(c) An image.
(d) A newspaper article.

2. The author worries about "what kind of precedent [he is] establishing" (63) if he deals with the medical operation by taking what action?
(a) Inducing amnesia.
(b) Taking a drug.
(c) Indulging his desire for comfort.
(d) Going to sleep.

3. How old is the unnamed narrator in narrative present?
(a) 42.
(b) 27.
(c) 38.
(d) 33.

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

5. During the author's final walk with Liza before he must call the doctor to choose a form of sedation, the light is described in what way?
(a) Summery.
(b) Haunting.
(c) Wintry.
(d) Autumnal.

6. At what type of school had the author been teaching before taking his leave of absence?
(a) A technical school.
(b) A college.
(c) A charter school.
(d) A private high school.

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

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

9. "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?
(a) Protagonist.
(b) Voice of reason.
(c) Antagonist.
(d) Fool.

10. What is NOT a year named within the author's mention of "various pasts" (66) being connected by a single object?
(a) 2016.
(b) 1883.
(c) 1912.
(d) 2012.

11. 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)?
(a) A gaslight.
(b) A dog.
(c) A hay bale.
(d) A broom.

12. When the novel opens, the unnamed narrator is walking along with which character?
(a) His sister.
(b) His agent.
(c) His best friend.
(d) His cousin.

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

14. Roberto expresses a fear to the unnamed narrator about which person in his dreams coming to get him?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Polpot.
(c) Joseph Kony.
(d) The Tooth Fairy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator recalls that the poet Wallace Stevens had inspired how many of Bernard's favorite poets, including Bronk?

2. The reader is reminded that the unnamed narrator chose to use the name Liza to represent Alex due to what reason?

3. In what way are Sharon and Jon, two of the unnamed narrator's friends, acquainted?

4. At what location does the author always meet Liza to begin their walks?

5. The reader is reminded that the unnamed narrator had planned to use the name Mary in his novel to represent which of his real acquaintances?

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