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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. What does the homeless person do on the narrator's train ride to work?
(a) The homeless man steals the narrator's cocaine.
(b) The homeless man accosts the narrator.
(c) The homeless man sits on an old lady.
(d) The homeless man steals the New York Post.

2. What author did the narrator, in his first days at the company, give advice about his award-winning prose?
(a) Marianne Miller.
(b) John Donlevy.
(c) Steven Paul.
(d) Amanda Sykes.

3. What is the New Jersey state motto?
(a) The Garden State.
(b) The Crossroads of America.
(c) The Show-Me State.
(d) The Big Sky State.

4. How does the narrator feel about his childhood?
(a) He felt loved and treasured, easily making friends.
(b) He feels he had a very normal, average childhood.
(c) He felt he was always on the outside looking in.
(d) He is not really affected by his past one way or the other.

5. What does stepping outside the club feel like to the narrator?
(a) A heavenly descent.
(b) A mother's reproach.
(c) A brisk morning walk.
(d) A shopping trip at Christmastime.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item(s) is the narrator always leaving in taxis?

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

3. Who has the narrator told about his split with Amanda?

4. What distinction does the narrator make between disasters in the city and in the rest of the country?

5. About whom does the narrator dream that night?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe his mother's reaction to Amanda?

2. How is the narrator out of place in the sports bar?

3. Does the narrator feel capable of understand other people's life experiences? Why or why not?

4. Why does the narrator have trouble being in his apartment?

5. What does the narrator think is Tad Allagash's mission in life?

6. What began Clara Tillinghast's dislike of the narrator?

7. How does the narrator's obsession with Coma Baby reflect on his own life?

8. How does the narrator feel after his date with Vicky?

9. Where is the narrator when the story begins?

10. Why does the narrator purchase the knockoff Cartier watch on the street?

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