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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 is Bianca drawn to on the playground on her first date with her husband?
(a) The merry-go-round.
(b) The slide.
(c) The swings.
(d) The climbing bars.

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

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

4. Who does a frigid woman surround herself with in the story "Difficult Women"?
(a) Her siblings.
(b) Many different kinds of men.
(c) Her work colleagues.
(d) She has a husband and child who sometimes gang up on her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the housekeeper who works for William Livingston?

2. What does a crazy woman do when she realizes she is pregnant again in the story "Difficult Women"?

3. What band does Kate love?

4. What tattoo do the twins in "The Mark of Cain" both have?

5. What kind of car does William Livingston III drive?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do all the women in the narrator's and Tate's "fight club" seem to get out of the experience in "Baby Arm"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Bianca agree to go out with Dean and initially start a relationship with him?

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