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

2. Who is Carolina's husband?
(a) Robert.
(b) Darryl.
(c) Savion.
(d) Sam.

3. 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 attempts suicide.
(c) The frigid woman goes to the hospital and lies down next to her mother's body.
(d) The frigid woman feels relieved.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does William Livingston III live?

2. Where is Bianca raised?

3. In the story "La Negra Blanca," what name does Sarah go by at the strip club where she works?

4. What does a crazy woman bring to her child's school for a snack that another mother does not like in the story "Difficult Women"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Carolina tell Savvie she decided to marry Darryl?

2. What do Bianca's parents do with her when she is a baby?

3. Why does Magnus get angry with Kate and ignore her calls for weeks?

4. When does the narrator begin to think that Cassie, Jacob's girlfriend, may be smarter than she seems?

5. What does Kate's elderly landlady tell her in the story "North Country" when she meets her for the first time?

6. Why do Savvie and Carolina not have to worry about money or finances?

7. What is the real reason that Carolina insists Savvie accompany her to find Darryl in Reno?

8. What does Sal do to Caridad in the story "Florida" that upsets and offends Caridad?

9. Why is William Livingston briefly appalled when he finds out that Sarah is mixed-race in "La Negra Blanca"?

10. Why does the narrator in "The Mark of Cain" decide not to let on that she knows her husband switches places with his twin?

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