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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 40 - 60.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the bloodied tissue Maria drops off for the doctor turn out to be?
(a) Fluid.
(b) Uterus.
(c) Placenta.
(d) Membrane.

3. What does Maria eat and drink during her new pastime?
(a) A hard-boiled egg and coca-cola.
(b) A bag of pretzels and root beer.
(c) A peanut butter sandwich and water.
(d) A packet of nuts and apple juice.

4. Carter has done a film that Maria has not seen. It is entered in what film festival?
(a) New York.
(b) Edinburgh International.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Cannes.

5. When Maria goes to the hairdresser, a girl comes in and tells her hairdresser that she just had an operation for what?
(a) Broken shoulder.
(b) Pelvic abscess.
(c) Brain tumor.
(d) Eye lift.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the place where the house slides on the television news that Maria is watching?

2. After running into Carter unexpectedly on the street in Beverly Hills, what does Maria imagine in the water that are "translucent as jellyfish"?

3. As she waits at Ralph's Market snack counter, Maria thinks the line suggests that the norm was to have _______, ________, and _______.

4. What happens at the end of the first picture Carter made with Maria?

5. In the hospital, what does Maria try NOT to think about?

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