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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 is Maria drawn to during her period of no work?

2. Where is the man that approaches Maria on the beach from?

3. What does Maria study from the library books?

4. How much time does Maria calculate spending being intimate with her customer?

5. How does Maria feel the morning after her evening with the Arab?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maria dream about whenever she returns home?

2. Describe what Maria does to help her depression during her period of no work.

3. Describe the categories Maria gives to her different types of customers.

4. Describe the proposition Maria receives from the Arab after accepting her modeling job.

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

6. Describe Maria's calculations of the time she spends with a customer.

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

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

9. Describe Maria's first night at Copacabana.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Describe how the Latin culture's mentality of living differs from Maria's mentality of living. What does the culture place great importance on that Maria disregards?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the symbolism of Maria's diary entry about the caged bird in relationship to Maria's own state of being.

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