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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. Margot realizes that in her previous sexual experiences, there has always been an element of what?
(a) Embarrassment.
(b) Sneaking around.
(c) Affection.
(d) Awkwardness.

2. When Margot enters Robert's house, she sees a collection made up of what types of games?
(a) Board games.
(b) Card games.
(c) Video games.
(d) Lawn games.

3. Before Robert gets out of the car, he tells Margot that he has what?
(a) A roommate.
(b) Herpes.
(c) Lupus.
(d) Cats.

4. How many beers has Margot had when she starts thinking about what it might be like to have sex with Robert?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

5. Where does Robert toss Margot's purse and both of their coats inside his house?
(a) The couch.
(b) The bed.
(c) The coat rack.
(d) The kitchen table.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does Roupenian use to describe the glow of the streetlight during Robert and Margot's first kiss?

2. Who had written a card to Margot commemorating the loss of Margot's virginity?

3. What does Robert do when he has finished kissing Margot outside of the underground bar?

4. Not long before Robert kisses Margot for the first time on the lips, he had kissed her where?

5. How many large bookcases does Margot note within Robert's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What method does Margot use in order to "bludgeon her resistance into submission" (88)?

2. How does one particular action of Margot's cause a marked change in Robert's mood?

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

4. What two competing emotions does Margot feel when Robert kisses her for the first time?

5. What are the reasons why Margot goes ahead with sex with Robert?

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

7. Describe the first kiss between Margot and Robert.

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

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

10. In what type of thinking does Margot engage when she can "hardly admit to herself" (89) that she is doing it?

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