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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 effect does death have on girls in the story "Difficult Women"?
(a) It makes them sorrowful.
(b) It makes them ugly.
(c) It makes them repugnant.
(d) It makes them more interesting and beautiful.

2. What does a crazy woman eat in the story "Difficult Women"?
(a) Shredded wheat.
(b) Lots of cream, cheese, and other dairy.
(c) Everything in strictly proportioned and measured amounts.
(d) Four raw eggs a day along with half a grapefruit.

3. What happened to Natasha's child in "Break All the Way Down"?
(a) He had cancer and died.
(b) He drowned in a swimming pool.
(c) He was hit by a car and killed in a parking lot.
(d) He fell down the stairs and died.

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

5. What does Kate's boyfriend do for a living?
(a) He is an architect.
(b) He is a logger.
(c) He is a painter.
(d) He is an engineer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does William Livingston III do to Sarah at her apartment?

2. What special communication system do Hanna and her twin sister share?

3. What is one part of her new community that Marcy enjoys participating in?

4. What happens with a frigid woman's mother dies in the story "Difficult Women"?

5. Where is Alvarez from?

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