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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tricia judge the people she cleans houses for?
(a) She talks to them, and if they are unfriendly or ignore her, she decides they are bad people.
(b) By their accents.
(c) By the quality of their shoes.
(d) By their skin color.

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

3. What over-the-counter pills does Sarah take at home to help with her headaches?
(a) Codeine.
(b) Tylenol.
(c) Oxycontin.
(d) Advil.

4. What do the priests who were sent to deal with Bianca say about her?
(a) That she should become a nun.
(b) That they could cure her with exorcism.
(c) That they could pray away the evil in her.
(d) That whatever was wrong with her was the fault of the devil.

5. Where do Bianca and her husband go on their honeymoon?
(a) Mali.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) The Sahara Desert.
(d) Death Valley.

6. What kind of music does William Livingston III like to listen to secretly?
(a) Jazz.
(b) Punk.
(c) Rap.
(d) Classical.

7. What kind of exercise does a frigid woman do in the story "Difficult Women"?
(a) Running.
(b) Yoga.
(c) Kickboxing.
(d) Pilates.

8. What evidence do the police find of Savvie's and Carolina's abduction that is particularly difficult for the sisters to confront?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Handcuffs.
(c) Knives.
(d) Videotapes.

9. What does a loose woman's apartment look like in the story "Difficult Women"?
(a) Bright and well-appointed, but never lived-in or like a home.
(b) Like a hospital.
(c) Messy.
(d) Like a restaurant.

10. What university does Sarah attend?
(a) Georgetown University.
(b) University of Maryland.
(c) American University.
(d) Johns Hopkins.

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

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

13. What happens with a frigid woman's mother dies in the story "Difficult Women"?
(a) The frigid woman goes to therapy.
(b) The frigid woman feels relieved.
(c) The frigid woman goes to the hospital and lies down next to her mother's body.
(d) The frigid woman attempts suicide.

14. What does William Livingston III do to Sarah at her apartment?
(a) He beats her badly and breaks her leg.
(b) He rapes her.
(c) He asks her why she cut back her hours at the strip club.
(d) He asks her to marry him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who abducted Savvie and Carolina when they were children?

2. Where is Bianca raised?

3. What kind of activity do Tate and the unnamed narrator organize for other women in the story "Baby Arm"?

4. What does Alvarez imagine his daughter's name will be?

5. What does the narrator discover at her medical appointment at the end of the story "The Mark of Cain"?

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