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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "American Express" pages 25-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the summer night when Alan and Frank go to Brenda's apartment, why do they end up missing her party?
(a) They have been working late.
(b) They have been out drinking.
(c) They were not actually invited.
(d) They misunderstood when it was supposed to start.

2. What technique is used in the sentence "In the morning in stale darkness the subways shrieked" (26)?
(a) Asyndeton.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Personification.
(d) Cacophony.

3. From context, what can be inferred about the neighborhood of Bryant Park?
(a) It is full of law offices.
(b) It is expensive.
(c) It is dangerous.
(d) It is predominantly Italian.

4. At the end of the story's first section, what is Alan trying to decide about Frank?
(a) Whether Frank knows how to make himself happy.
(b) Whether there is something missing inside Frank.
(c) Whether Frank is really his friend.
(d) Whether Frank is secretly insecure.

5. Why does Brenda not want to take the promotion she has been offered?
(a) She does not want to move to the Washington, D.C. office.
(b) She does not think much of the man she would be working for.
(c) She does not think it would be a good idea to be working so closely with Frank.
(d) She does not think she would be able to do the job.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what is Brenda compared when she leaps from Frank's arms on page 27?

2. Where is Alan's family from?

3. What technique is used in the sentence, "Which was what made them inseparable, the hours of work, the lyric, the dreams" (26)?

4. On the night of Brenda's party, how long has Alan been in New York?

5. What does Frank like about Brenda?

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