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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. Who do the police come to the narrator's house looking for in "Los Angeles"?
(a) Fred.
(b) Adam.
(c) Michael.
(d) Aaron.

2. What does Adam say his mother used to say about the narrator in "Oranges"?
(a) She would praise the narrator.
(b) She would make racist comments about the narrator.
(c) She would never mention the narrator.
(d) She would say the narrator would never have kids.

3. What does the narrator think makes her ex-boyfriend call her again in the story "Yeti Lovemaking"?
(a) The siren from the firehouse.
(b) Her mating call.
(c) A song he heard.
(d) A book he read.

4. What song does the narrator put on while with the yeti in "Yeti Lovemaking"?
(a) Coldplay's Yellow.
(b) Janet Jackson's Velvet Rope.
(c) The Rolling Stones' Sympathy for the Devil.
(d) The Beatles' Blackbird.

5. What does Bonnie often criticize about Beatrice in the story "G"?
(a) Her apartment.
(b) Her body.
(c) Her intellect.
(d) Her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Bonnie and Beatrice first meet in the story "G"?

2. What is step three in taking the drug G?

3. What does Bonnie do in the story "G" that betrays Beatrice?

4. How long had the narrator been broken up with her boyfriend when she meets the yeti in "Yeti Lovemaking"?

5. Where does the narrator follow Adam in "Oranges"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Beth react to the narrator's intrusion in "Oranges"?

2. Why does Christine contact the narrator in "Oranges"?

3. What can happen that is dangerous with G in terms of dosing in "G"?

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

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

6. Why do the police come to the narrator's house in "Los Angeles"?

7. How does Bonnie betray Beatrice even before she overdoses Beatrice with G?

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

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

10. How old is the yeti in "Yeti Lovemaking"?

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