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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. How many siblings does Vicky have?
(a) None.
(b) Three sisters.
(c) Two sisters and a brother.
(d) Two brothers.

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

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

4. 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 unexpected presence at the narrator's wedding.
(c) The day the Druid sat on an old lady in the subway.
(d) The Druid's concern over the President's usage of the word "precipitous."

5. Who has called in sick to the office?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The Druid.
(c) Clara Tillinghast.
(d) Megan Avery.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator see in the window of Saks?

3. What memo, signed by the Druid's assistant, arrives in the afternoon?

4. What is the significance of the corner of Bleecker and Cornelia street?

5. Upon his return to the office, what has the narrator forgotten?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the narrator conflicted when he learns the French piece has already gone to the typesetters?

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

3. What is worrying the narrator as he begins work on the French article?

4. What was Amanda's home life like when she met the narrator?

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

6. Are Vicky and the narrator truly fond of Tad?

7. What contrast is the author making between the people of New York City?

8. Why is the narrator so upset when he forgets Megan's bagel?

9. Why is the narrator having difficulty fulfilling his dream of becoming a famous fiction writer?

10. What is the significance of the last three images in the chapter: the Colgate sign, the Statue of Liberty, and the garbage barge?

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