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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

As Jacaranda achieves more success as a writer, why does she have increasing anxiety? (from Section 2: Pages 55-83)

She plagiarizes other people's writing and fears she will get caught.

She records conversations with a tape recorder to put into her stories and fears she will get caught.

She feels like a fraud who has not always known she would become a success.

She thinks only New Yorkers and Englishmen can be writers, and she is from Los Angeles.

2.

After using cocaine, how do Sunrise and Jacaranda solve their problems? (from Section 4: 114-131)

By earning money at stable jobs.

By moving to New York permanently.

By asking for money from attractive men at the party.

By taking the other woman's simplified solution.

3.

Why is Jacaranda uninterested in a job in a "regular office"? (from Section 1: Pages 1-54)

She does not have a high school education.

She wants to spend all her time surfing.

She does not want to wear shoes.

Her father has convinced her to become a musician.

4.

Why does Jacaranda think Janet is so sharp and well-informed about the city? (from Section 6: 171-211)

She is always attending parties thrown by various social groups around the city.

She always listens to her own preferences, demonstrated through her artistic, cluttered office.

She has lived in New York City her whole life and has come to expect its surprises.

She was married to a man who made her life overly comfortable, and then left her.

5.

What are most editors most curious about when they meet Jacaranda? (from Section 6: 171-211)

How she has written strange essays on beefalos and Thai food.

How she was born and can continue to live in Los Angeles.

How she is dressed differently than most others in New York.

How she is not impressed by New York's skyscrapers and glamor.

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