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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does a stranger in "Oranges" email the narrator about Adam?

2. What does Adam often cook in "Oranges"?

3. Why can Beatrice not donate her mattress in "G"?

4. What does the narrator's ex-boyfriend implore her not to do in the end of "Yeti Lovemaking"?

5. What is making love with a yeti like in the story "Yeti Lovemaking"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Beatrice eventually have a falling-out with Bonnie?

2. When does making love with a yeti become easier in "Yeti Lovemaking"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does it turn out that Bonnie wants her and Beatrice to take G one last time together?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Ma describe the friendship between Bonnie and Beatrice, and what issues of identity do each of these characters struggle with? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why does the narrator in the story "Los Angeles" choose to live with her 100 ex-boyfriends? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring Ma's tone and style throughout Bliss Montage.

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