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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. Where does Maria leave to go on vacation?

2. What does Maria see as motivation for women who prostitute themselves?

3. What unspoken promise is insinuated between Maria and her boss?

4. What do many men pay Maria for, other than sex?

5. What is Maria's job supposed to be when she arrives in Geneva?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe why Maria leaves her hometown in Brazil.

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

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

4. Describe how the novel begins.

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

6. What does Maria struggle with after she adapts to prostitution?

7. What is Maria's financial situation like when she arrives in Geneva?

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

9. What happens to Maria just before her money runs out?

10. Describe Maria's first kiss.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the title's significance and how Maria determines her calculations.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Maria's mentality of what a woman's role is with that of the mentality of most women living in the twenty-first century.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Ralf's intentions with Maria with that of Terence's intentions.

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