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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. Where has Marcy lived her whole life before moving to Florida in the story "Florida"?
(a) The Northeast.
(b) California.
(c) Europe.
(d) The Midwest.

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

3. Who does Caridad think she might be able to be friends with who has just moved to the Naples community?
(a) Teresa.
(b) Marcy.
(c) Eloise.
(d) Sarah.

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

5. Where has Kate just taken a new job in the story "North Country"?
(a) The University of Nebraska.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) The Michigan Institute of Technology.
(d) The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does a frigid woman go at night in the story "Difficult Women"?

2. What does William Livingston III secretly put into his housekeeper's room?

3. Who comes to the strip club only to watch Sarah dance?

4. What sport does Manny play recreationally?

5. What specific kind of reality television do the couple at 1217 Ridgewood Road like to watch?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Sarah, who goes by Sierra at work, perform at a strip club?

3. In the story "Difficult Women," what is it about death that makes girls more interesting?

4. In "Difficult Women," what does Gay say a loose woman sees in the mirror and why?

5. What event eventually brings Kate and Magnus back together?

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

7. Why does Sarah let everyone assume she is white in the story "La Negra Blanca"?

8. How does Tricia judge the clients she cleans houses for in the story "Florida"?

9. Why is the ceiling at Bianca's office moldy and rotted in "Water, All Its Weight"?

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

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