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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. What does Beatrice have trouble doing in the end of the story "G"?
(a) Getting on a plane.
(b) Singing.
(c) Speaking.
(d) Getting dressed.

2. What does Beatrice knock a bottle of over in the story "G"?
(a) Shampoo.
(b) Chanel No. 5.
(c) Nail polish.
(d) Liquor.

3. What is the best part of G, according to Beatrice?
(a) In the beginning when you feel as if you are floating.
(b) In the middle when you sing.
(c) In the beginning when you become two bodies.
(d) In the end when you almost die.

4. Who is Adam's new girlfriend in "Oranges"?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Bonnie.
(c) Jennifer.
(d) Beth.

5. What does Beatrice say happens to your night vision while taking G?
(a) It gets worse.
(b) It disappears entirely.
(c) It gets sharper.
(d) It stays the same.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who contacts the narrator in "Oranges" to ask about Adam?

2. In "Los Angeles," what does the burned-out sign say?

3. In "Los Angeles," who usually drives when the narrator goes out with the ex-boyfriends?

4. What does Adam say his mother used to say about the narrator in "Oranges"?

5. In "Oranges," what does Beth have in her apartment that is eye-catching?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unusual about the way the narrator lives in "Los Angeles"?

2. What is the best part of taking G according to Beatrice in "G"?

3. What does the narrator in "Yeti Lovemaking" think the mating call she lets out precedes?

4. What does the yeti give the narrator in "Yeti Lovemaking" before they make love?

5. What problems did Beatrice once have with her body image?

6. In "Los Angeles," how does the narrator meet her husband?

7. What is the significance of the orange in "Oranges"?

8. How does Beatrice finally seem to free herself from her mother's pressures and influence?

9. How does the narrator's husband speak in "Los Angeles"?

10. What do the narrator's ex-boyfriends do for her children in "Los Angeles"?

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