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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the narrator able to sing blues easily in "Harlem Blues"?
(a) She has the blues.
(b) Her voice sounds best in blues.
(c) Kendall, her live-in boyfriend is cheating on her.
(d) She feels them when she sings them.

2. What is the result of the narrator and the piano player's encounter in "Harlem Blues"?
(a) They have been married for 5 years.
(b) They have one special night together.
(c) They date for about 9 months.
(d) They are supposed to get married.

3. In "Nervous" when does the narrator first meet HER?
(a) Senior year in college.
(b) When she was 19.
(c) Freshman year in college.
(d) High school.

4. Who does Zane dedicate her book, "The Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth" to?
(a) To men who never please their women.
(b) To women who are never pleased.
(c) To men.
(d) To sexually uninhibited women.

5. What do the couple take a ride on in "Be My Valentine" on their date?
(a) A cab.
(b) A limo.
(c) His Jaguar.
(d) A horse carriage through Central Park.

6. What does the narrator tell the addressee in "If You Were Here Right Now"?
(a) How she misses him so much.
(b) How much he means to her.
(c) How lonely she feels without him..
(d) Of the intimate things she will do to him.

7. What anniversary is the couple in "The Seduction" now celebrating?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 5 years.

8. Where do Simone and the person she encounters in "Lust in a Bus Depot" become intimate?
(a) The men's bathroom.
(b) A bus seat.
(c) The ladies' bathroom.
(d) An alley at the bus station.

9. What is the narrator nervous about in "Nervous"?
(a) Driving.
(b) Everything, especially dealing with men.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Men.

10. What does the narrator dream about in "Harlem Blues"?
(a) The drummer.
(b) Kendall.
(c) Her future life.
(d) The piano player.

11. In "The Bachelorette Party" who is Shari?
(a) Mira's sister.
(b) Mira's maid of honor.
(c) Mira's future sister-in-law.
(d) Mira's mom.

12. How much time do Simone and the person she encounters in "Lust in a Bus Depot" spend together post their encounter?
(a) They never see each other.
(b) Two weekends a month.
(c) One weekend a month.
(d) They are engaged.

13. Who is the narrator in love with in "Sock It To Me"?
(a) Gary.
(b) Geren.
(c) Green.
(d) Garrett.

14. Who is Tony in "Wrong Number"?
(a) Amber's live-in boyfriend.
(b) Amber's brother.
(c) Amber's landlord.
(d) The guy who misdials Amber.

15. What happened in 1992 that changed that narrator's life in "Sock It To Me"?
(a) An ice storm.
(b) A rainstorm.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) A snowstorm.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Seduction" what did the narrator have her boyfriend cover his eyes with?

2. What does the narrator find upon exploring her grandmother's attic when she couldn't sleep?

3. What does the sign read in "The Interstate"?

4. In "First Night" what does the narrator's boyfriend collect the rain water in?

5. Who is Clarence's telegram from?

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