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

2. 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) Goes to a bar and drinks many stiff martinis.
(c) Schedules her doctor's appointment.
(d) Celebrates with her partner.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes Kate's boyfriend?

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

3. What sport does Manny play recreationally?

4. Why does Sarah say she will not go to the police after William Livingston III comes to her apartment?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What traumatic event did Kate experience with her long-term partner before meeting Magnus?

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

3. What is the basis of Carolina's and Savvie's strong bond in "I Will Follow You"?

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

5. What is the background of the narrator's boyfriend, Gus, bringing her plastic body parts in the story "Baby Arm"?

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

7. Why does the young, working-class couple watch reality television in the story "Florida"?

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

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

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

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