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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29 - 39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Maria, why did her family move to Silver Wells?
(a) Because she got a job there.
(b) Because her father owned the town.
(c) Because they were running from the law.
(d) Because the weather was nice.

2. What pastime does Maria begin to do after Carter stops living in the house in Beverly Hills?
(a) Drive the freeway.
(b) Swim in the ocean.
(c) Walk through the park.
(d) Run the boardwalk.

3. In Maria's dreams of a shadowy syndicate, what does her contact want her to supply information about?
(a) The problem of parenting.
(b) The state of the union.
(c) The location of the film.
(d) The condition of the plumbing.

4. What is the name of the street Maria and Kate drive up and down in search of a Christmas tree?
(a) Wilshire.
(b) La Brea.
(c) Sunset.
(d) Rodeo.

5. What was the domestic and foreign gross of the second picture Carter made with Maria?
(a) Just at one million.
(b) Barely one million.
(c) Just under eight million.
(d) Way over eight million.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Helene, who killed BZ?

2. What two phrases remain constant in Maria's dreams of a shadowy syndicate?

3. Who at Christmas dinner is "preternaturally attuned to the threat of voices not even raised"?

4. What is the name of the television show Maria lands a guest-star appearance in?

5. Whom does Maria call when the blood become so fast she soaks three pads in fifteen minutes?

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