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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maria contemplate doing after her night with the Arab?

2. What does Maria's mother do for a living?

3. Why does Maria stay at her new job in Chapter 12?

4. How long does Maria work in the draper's shop?

5. What does Ralf say about sex to Maria?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Maria does to become better educated about her new profession?

2. How does Maria react to her turn of fate after her night with the Arab man?

3. Describe the relationship of Maria and her first boss.

4. Describe Maria's opinion about boys at the end of her adolescent years.

5. Describe how Maria feels the night after her experience with the Arab man.

6. Explain how Maria feels about taking the job in Switzerland.

7. Describe what the girls at Copacabana advise Maria on and her reaction to it?

8. What is significant about what Maria remembers the girls at Roger's club telling her?

9. Describe why Maria gets angry when her first love speaks to her.

10. Describe how Maria and the man she meets on the beach overcome their language barrier.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the library represent to Maria? Explain how the library symbolizes her own dreams and desires?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the Virgin Mary's importance in relation to Maria and her internal struggles. Who does the Virgin Mary represent for Maria?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Maria continuously ignores her instincts throughout the novel. How does this have great importance on Maria's behavior?

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