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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Helene arrives at the hospital to see Maria as the novel opens, what is she told?
(a) That Mrs. Wyeth has been discharged.
(b) That Maria is sleeping.
(c) That Maria is swimming.
(d) That Mrs. Lang is resting.

3. How is Maria playing on the lawn with the baby as Carter recalls in the beginning of the novel?
(a) She is tossing a ball to her.
(b) She is picking dandelions for her.
(c) She is tossing water to her.
(d) She is blowing bubbles to her.

4. What does BZ do with the first picture that Carter made with Maria that she doesn't like?
(a) He destroys it.
(b) He sells it.
(c) He runs it often.
(d) He seldom runs it.

5. Why does Maria prefer the studio cut of the second picture Carter made with her?
(a) Because the motorcycle gang seemed to get away with murder.
(b) Because the girl on screen seemed not to have a care in the world.
(c) Because the motorcycle gang seemed to be punished for their crimes.
(d) Because the girl on screen seemed to have a knack for controlling her own destiny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Maria claimed she was raised to believe that what came in on the next roll would always be _____ than what went out on the last.

2. At Anita Garson's party, what is the young girl Larry Kulik is watching doing?

3. What is the name of the boyfriend Maria had before she met Carter?

4. In the elevator of Freddy Chaikin's office, who tells Maria, "The word on Carter's dailies is sensational"?

5. According to Maria, why did her family move to Silver Wells?

(see the answer key)

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