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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two, The Department of Factual Verification.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator purchase on his lunch break?
(a) A Cartier watch.
(b) A diamond ring from Tiffany's.
(c) A scarf from a street vendor.
(d) Some cocaine on the street corner.

2. Why does the narrator like Tad Allagash?
(a) He and Allagash have been friends since childhood.
(b) Allagash is helping the narrator win back Amanda, the love of his life.
(c) Allagash never asks him probing questions: their friendship is very surface.
(d) He and Allagash have been through a lot of tough times together.

3. What is the significance of the corner of Bleecker and Cornelia street?
(a) This is the location of Tad Allagash's death.
(b) This is the location of the apartment building where the narrator lived with Amanda.
(c) This is the location of the coffee shop where the narrator and Amanda met.
(d) This is the location of a recent murder investigation.

4. Of what object do the girls' eyes remind the narrator?
(a) A bruised apple.
(b) A shiny piece of aluminum.
(c) A sandblasted shower door.
(d) A Jeep Cherokee in the junkyard.

5. What is the narrator's nickname for cocaine?
(a) Clubbing Powder.
(b) Damage Control.
(c) Bolivian Marching Powder.
(d) Powdered Sugar.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which department would the narrator rather be working?

2. What happens to the narrator's deadline on the French piece?

3. Is the narrator depressed about his current situation?

4. What does the narrator feel is his most shameful addiction?

5. What heath ailment does Wade knowingly joke about with the narrator?

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