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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. In "Los Angeles," how do the narrator and her husband sometimes get to fancy restaurants?

2. What does Beatrice say you win when you play stupid games in the story "G"?

3. In "Los Angeles," what symbol does Ma use for all the husband's dialogue?

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

5. Who asks the narrator to drive him to the airport in "Los Angeles"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Beatrice especially worried about having traces of G in her system the night she and Bonnie take it together?

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

5. How does the narrator think Adam looks at the end of the story "Oranges"?

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Beatrice suspect people used to often confuse her and Bonnie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the narrator in the story "Yeti Lovemaking" feel when she finds out the man she has gone home with is actually a mythical, non-human creature? 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

Through which stories and characters does Ma choose to explore the trauma of women who have experienced domestic abuse? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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