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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. At what location does the author always meet Liza to begin their walks?
(a) Grand Army Plaza.
(b) Prospect Park.
(c) Central Park.
(d) The east side of the Brooklyn Bridge.

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

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

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. 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?

3. Liza is described by the author as having a tendency to "begin an activity" (62) by taking what action?

4. The unnamed narrator recalls the day Alex told him during a walk on Atlantic that which member of her family "had been diagnosed in a late stage" (7)?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Name and discuss one theme presented within 10:04's epigraph.

2. Explain the art installation Alex and the unnamed narrator attend in Part One.

3. In what setting does the opening scene of "The Golden Vanity" take place?

4. Why does the unnamed narrator refer to a particular scene in Part One as having "faded from the photograph" (24)?

5. What injury lands Bernard in the hospital and what role do Natali and Bernard then ask the unnamed narrator to fulfill?

6. What event have the unnamed narrator and his agent just been celebrating when the novel opens, and why is the occasion bittersweet for the unnamed narrator?

7. How did Alex and the unnamed narrator first meet and when?

8. What is the main difference between the unnamed narrator of 10:04 and the character in the unnamed narrator's novel he calls "the author" (61)?

9. What medical procedure does the author require and why?

10. What advice from Dr. Roberts does the author apply within "The Golden Vanity" and how does he apply it?

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