Eligible for social security benefits, I was able to get my own, albeit very cold, flat overlooking a bridge under which whores congregated at night. (Para.4, p217)
A. Qualified for, congratulated
B. Qualified for, gathered together
C. Responsible for, congratulated
D. Responsible for, gathered together
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When I arrived at the hospital to set up a date to have the tissue expander inserted, I was informed that I would spend only three or four days there after the initial procedure. (pp 217-218)
A. build, early process
B. arrange, early process
C. build, first operation
D. arrange, first operation
Finally, I couldn’t stand the polite silence any longer. I blurted out my whole life story to the man behind the counter. (pp218-219)
A. tolerate, tell suddenly
B. insist, tell suddenly
C. tolerate, tell slowly insist, tell slowly
My face had been changing for so long that I had never had time to become acquainted with it, to develop anything other than an ephemeral relationship with it. (Para.2, p221)
A. close to, long
B. close to, short-lived
C. familiar with, short-lived
D. familiar with, long
As a child I had expected my liberation to come from getting a new face to put on, but now I saw it came from shedding something, shedding my image. (Para.2, p222)
A. knowledge, getting rid of
B. knowledge, losing
C. freedom, losing
D. freedom, getting rid of