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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 Freddy Chaikin, what is the best medicine for things wrong in the private life department?
(a) Play.
(b) Rest.
(c) Work.
(d) Prayer.

2. How does everything look to Maria as she leaves the house where she had her abortion?
(a) Eerie.
(b) Frightening.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Beautiful.

3. What type of bird does Maria watch at the hospital as the novel opens?
(a) A woodpecker.
(b) A sparrow.
(c) A hummingbird.
(d) A blue jay.

4. In the elevator of Freddy Chaikin's office, who tells Maria, "The word on Carter's dailies is sensational"?
(a) Freddy.
(b) An actor.
(c) BZ.
(d) An agent.

5. According to Maria, what was "something no one in the city liked to be near"?
(a) Trouble.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Success.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides Carter, who might be the father of Maria's baby?

2. What object does Maria later try to remember if the doctor took with him when he left the bedroom?

3. On the set of the television show in which she has a guest appearance, why does Maria pray that the cameramen would be slow with the set-ups?

4. What does the manager at Fountain Avenue mistake Maria for?

5. After he returns from his film shoot, how does Carter respond to Maria's question if he's going to stay at the house in Beverly Hills?

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