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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Do the narrator and Vicky get along?
(a) No, they instantly dislike each other.
(b) Yes, surprisingly well.
(c) No, she is insensitive and rude.
(d) Maybe, the narrator cannot tell for sure.

2. What animal does the narrator purchase on the way back to work?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A ferrett.
(c) A puppy.
(d) A fish.

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

4. Who is The Druid?
(a) He is an often-encountered man on the subway.
(b) He is the narrator's direct superior, nicknamed Clingfast.
(c) He is the fourth man to head the company.
(d) He is a ghost of a man who has been working on an article for seven years.

5. Of what do Elaine's dance moves remind the narrator?
(a) Neighborhood ho-downs of the south.
(b) Broadway chorus girls.
(c) Graceful princessess.
(d) Figures on Egyptian tombs.

6. When the narrator dances with a girl at the club, what does she reveal she has heard about his wife?
(a) His wife was an activist and executed by Che Guevara.
(b) His wife died of leukemia.
(c) His wife has returned to him and his waiting at his apartment.
(d) His wife left him for her career in Paris.

7. Who does the narrator hope to meet in the club?
(a) His ex-wife Amanda.
(b) A movie star.
(c) The kind of girl who would not be in a place like that.
(d) The co-worker of his dreams, Clara Tillinghast.

8. Whose picture does the narrator see on Rittenhouse's paper?
(a) His mother's picture.
(b) Amanda's picture.
(c) His own picture.
(d) Megan Avery's picture.

9. Who settled their divorce?
(a) The narrator's father.
(b) Amanda's agent.
(c) Michael.
(d) Amanda's lawyer.

10. Who has left a message for him inside the apartment?
(a) Tad Allagash.
(b) Michael.
(c) His father.
(d) Amanda.

11. What was the narrator's most significant contact with The Druid?
(a) The day the Druid caught the narrator snorting coke in the bathroom.
(b) The Druid's concern over the President's usage of the word "precipitous."
(c) The day the Druid sat on an old lady in the subway.
(d) The Druid's unexpected presence at the narrator's wedding.

12. In which department would the narrator rather be working?
(a) The Fiction Department.
(b) The Grammar Department.
(c) The Department of Factual Verification.
(d) The Department of Photography.

13. What does the narrator see in the window of Saks?
(a) Tad Allagash's photo.
(b) A fight between a couple.
(c) A mannequin of Amanda.
(d) A featured spread of his magazine.

14. How does the narrator convince himself to stay out with Tad instead of just going home?
(a) The narrator knows he has a serious addiction and needs the drugs.
(b) The narrator tells himself Tad has never let him down.
(c) The narrator tells himself he will find another woman to love if he stays out.
(d) The narrator just wants a pick-me-up, then will leave for home.

15. What letters does the girl particularly like?
(a) The letters "P" and "A."
(b) The letters "L"and "M."
(c) The letters "D" and "L."
(d) The letters "W" and "Q."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has the narrator been set up with for the evening?

2. What animal does the narrator compare to Amanda?

3. What sports faux pas does the narrator commit at the Irish bar?

4. Upon his discovery, what phrase does the narrator blurt out?

5. What scent does the narrator catch on Bleecker street?

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