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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. The unnamed narrator states in San Francisco, 2012 that, "Knowing someone is" how many "parts force" (74)?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. What adjective does the unnamed narrator now use to describe the face of the man with whom she had a one-night stand?
(a) Warm.
(b) Blank.
(c) Kind.
(d) Asymmetrical.

3. What name did the unnamed narrator call herself during her conversation with her one-night stand at the hotel?
(a) Bitch.
(b) Harpy.
(c) Monster.
(d) Whore.

4. In what location does the section entitled Santa Barbara, 2016 open?
(a) The mall.
(b) The park.
(c) The grocery store.
(d) The ocean.

5. What type of beverage did the unnamed narrator consider throwing out the window at the end of Los Angeles, 2012?
(a) Emergen-C.
(b) Tea.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Lemonade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which object does the unnamed narrator use in a metaphor describing her admission of adultery to John?

2. Who suggested the prospect of a game at the gathering featured in Fresno, 2014?

3. The unnamed narrator describes Fran's speech as being like a what?

4. How did the unnamed narrator feel about John's health kick, as described in San Francisco, 2012?

5. What position at her college did the unnamed narrator hold during her affair with the married professor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What tactics did the unnamed narrator use to help herself summon enthusiasm about pursuing a pregnancy with John?

2. Discuss at least one negative coping mechanism that the unnamed narrator uses once she has gotten sober.

3. What object does the unnamed narrator's mother give to her in the section entitled Los Angeles, 2012 and why?

4. What act does the unnamed narrator describe as having been attractive due to its promise of "finite pleasure" (180)?

5. For what reason did the unnamed narrator make several attempts to commit adultery before she was successful?

6. What are the contents of the story that the woman in Santa Barbara told the unnamed narrator as they swam in the ocean?

7. When the identity of the father of the unnamed narrator's child is finally revealed, who is it?

8. In what way does Popkey suggest that the reader unpack their own reactions to the life events of the woman in Santa Barbara?

9. How does Popkey employ a metaphor to indicate the pain the unnamed narrator caused John with her infidelity?

10. For what reason did the unnamed narrator decide not to become friends with Dominique?

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