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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. For what purpose does Robert open his laptop while alone in his room with Margot?
(a) To play music.
(b) To return an email.
(c) To turn the volume off.
(d) To adjust the lights.

2. Margot tries "to bludgeon her resistance into submission" (88) by taking what action?
(a) Taking a sip of wine.
(b) Taking a sip of rum.
(c) Taking a sip of vodka.
(d) Taking a sip of whiskey.

3. When Margot insists she is not drunk and she pushes her body up against Robert's, how does he react?
(a) He asks her if she is sure.
(b) He lets out a shuddering sigh.
(c) He calls her a tease.
(d) He kisses her.

4. What is NOT an action Robert takes as part of his protective reaction to Margot's tears?
(a) He stands up straight.
(b) All of the tension drains out of his body.
(c) He wraps his arms around her.
(d) He gives her a piggy back ride.

5. Who had written a card to Margot commemorating the loss of Margot's virginity?
(a) Margot's older sister.
(b) Margot's high school boyfriend.
(c) Margot's gynecologist.
(d) Margot's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many beers has Margot had when she starts thinking about what it might be like to have sex with Robert?

2. What verb is used to describe what Robert does with his tongue during his first kiss with Margot?

3. Margot sees humiliation as "a kind of perverse cousin to" (91) what?

4. In what kind of neighborhood does Robert live?

5. When Robert asks Margot what she wants to do after sex, she imagines herself telling him what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the bar where Robert takes Margot after kissing her for the first time.

2. How does the theme of deception enter the narrative?

3. In what kinds of behaviors does Margot engage that appear to have a "palpable and immediate effect on him" (85)?

4. For what reason does Margot use generic language when she tells Robert what she wants to drink?

5. What is Margot's reaction when Robert asks if she has ever had sex before?

6. What action does Margot take that radically changes Robert's demeanor outside of the underground bar?

7. Describe Margot's fantasy about her future boyfriend.

8. What are Margot's hypotheses about why Robert seems much more relaxed once they are the bar?

9. What element of sex does Margot realize she loves most?

10. What are the exact details that Margot notices just before deciding (privately) that she does not want to have sex with Robert?

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