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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 Carter, what two places does he like to eat alone and read the trades?
(a) Beverly Hills and Marmont.
(b) Marmont and Wilshire.
(c) Wilshire and Beverly Hills.
(d) Bel Air and Beverly Hills.

2. 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.
(a) Better.
(b) None of the above.
(c) The same.
(d) Worse.

3. According to BZ, what does Larry Kulik have to do to be able to sleep with the young girl at Anita Garson's?
(a) Buy her a nice dinner.
(b) Give her lots of gifts.
(c) Put her in a picture.
(d) Get her into the Whisky.

4. According to Maria, what do some people in the hospital where she is committed call her?
(a) Mrs. Lang.
(b) Miss M.
(c) Maria.
(d) Ms. Wyeth.

5. Maria states that she may have been holding all the aces but ___________?
(a) What if she lost?
(b) Who was it for?
(c) Where would she go?
(d) What was the game?

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maria tell BZ that Larry Kulik is going to die in a barber chair?

2. When Helene arrives at the hospital to see Maria as the novel opens, what is she told?

3. After Carter stops living in the house in Beverly Hills, where does Maria begin to sleep?

4. How is Maria playing on the lawn with the baby as Carter recalls in the beginning of the novel?

5. What does Helene see Maria wearing when she visits the hospital as the novel opens?

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