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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (pages 101-147).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a crazy woman think about while walking down the street in the story "Difficult Women"?
(a) Defending herself against men who might approach her menacingly or attack her.
(b) What she will say to her new boyfriend when she sees him.
(c) Where she will go for dinner later.
(d) How she will pay all her bills.

2. What does a frigid woman wear in the story "Difficult Women"?
(a) Business skirts and suits that fit loosely.
(b) Pajamas.
(c) Form-fitting clothes that show off her lean and toned body.
(d) Baggy sweatpants and shirts.

3. In what way is Hanna deceiving her husband?
(a) She is secretly writing a novel based on their life.
(b) She has a whole other family in a town nearby.
(c) She is stashing part of her pay away in anticipation of running away.
(d) He thinks they are trying to have a baby, but Hanna has had her tubes tied.

4. What does Stephanie do with Teresa after her father dies?
(a) She and Teresa move in together.
(b) She visits Teresa at her trailer and appears to have a sexual encounter with her.
(c) She and Teresa go to church together.
(d) She and Teresa start eating dinner together a few times per week.

5. What does a crazy woman do when she realizes she is pregnant again in the story "Difficult Women"?
(a) Goes to a bar and drinks many stiff martinis.
(b) Tells everyone she knows the news immediately.
(c) Schedules her doctor's appointment.
(d) Celebrates with her partner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Stephanie's father's mistress?

2. Why does Sarah say she will not go to the police after William Livingston III comes to her apartment?

3. What does Ben ask Natasha repeatedly to do that is related to their dead child?

4. How did Stephanie's father die?

5. Why does Elsie Moreau not want to associate with the new neighbors who are also from Haiti?

(see the answer key)

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