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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Sarah's secret about her heritage?
(a) That her father was black.
(b) That she has one black grandparent.
(c) That both her parents were black.
(d) That her mother was black.

2. What trauma has Kate suffered before she meets her new boyfriend in Michigan?
(a) She has lost both of her parents.
(b) She has lost her husband.
(c) She has lost her twin sister.
(d) She has lost a baby.

3. What does Alvarez imagine his daughter's name will be?
(a) Abigail.
(b) Estrella.
(c) Eloise.
(d) Carmella.

4. Where is Bianca raised?
(a) In Death Valley.
(b) In Chicago.
(c) In an orphanage at the edge of town.
(d) In the Sahara Desert.

5. Where does Alvarez work?
(a) At a hospital.
(b) At a museum.
(c) At a diner a few doors down from the strip club.
(d) At Georgetown University.

6. Where does Carolina's husband work?
(a) As a pastor at a church.
(b) As a manager at an airfield.
(c) As a construction manager on a building site.
(d) As a janitor at a hospital.

7. Who is Savvie's boyfriend?
(a) Colin.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Jack.
(d) Spencer.

8. Why do Savvie and Carolina not need to work or worry about money?
(a) Their parents support them.
(b) A jury awarded them each a large amount of money because of their ordeal.
(c) They have a trust fund.
(d) They invented a very valuable device and live on the royalties from their invention.

9. Where are Tricia and her family from?
(a) Haiti.
(b) California.
(c) The everglades.
(d) Pennsylvania.

10. What happens to Carolina when she testifies in court against Mr. Peter?
(a) She vomits.
(b) She gets hysterical and needs to be sedated.
(c) She faints.
(d) She wets her pants.

11. What does William Livingston III force his housekeeper to do?
(a) Cook him only gluten-free meals.
(b) Perform a sexual act on him.
(c) Take his money earned in criminal enterprises to the bank to deposit it for him.
(d) Buy drugs on the street for him.

12. How does a loose woman sit at the bar in the story "Difficult Women"?
(a) Fearfully, hoping that no one will approach her.
(b) With an indifference about who actually sees her there, trying to make it seem like she does not care about anything.
(c) Self-consciously.
(d) In a skimpy outfit that is suggestive.

13. What kind of activity do Tate and the unnamed narrator organize for other women in the story "Baby Arm"?
(a) A night-time swimming class in shark-infested waters.
(b) A roller derby where the participants compete for drugs and money.
(c) A high-stakes poker night.
(d) A fight club where women can come to beat each other up.

14. In the story "Difficult Women," who does a loose woman never look up to?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her supervisor.
(d) Her professor.

15. Who comes to the strip club only to watch Sarah dance?
(a) Alvarez.
(b) William Livingston III.
(c) Father Michael Patrick Minty.
(d) James Michaels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kate's boyfriend do for a living?

2. What does a frigid woman wear in the story "Difficult Women"?

3. What substance follows Bianca where ever she goes?

4. Which identical twin does the narrator in "The Mark of Cain" prefer?

5. What kind of exercise does a frigid woman do in the story "Difficult Women"?

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