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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Maria, the story of the girl who had an abortion, seemed what as she told it?
(a) Sad.
(b) False.
(c) True.
(d) Funny.

2. Who at Christmas dinner is "preternaturally attuned to the threat of voices not even raised"?
(a) Kate.
(b) BZ.
(c) Les.
(d) Maria.

3. In the hospital, what does Maria try NOT to think about?
(a) Winter mornings and ice tea.
(b) Movies and red roses.
(c) The ocean and newspapers.
(d) Dead things and plumbing.

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

5. What does the manager at Fountain Avenue mistake Maria for?
(a) A director.
(b) A producer.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A writer.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Maria visits Kate at the hospital and warns the nurse about Kate's nightmares, what does Maria realize about getting an abortion?

2. Maria recalls working with a girl in Ocho Rios who had just had an abortion in what city where it was hard to get one because of arrests?

3. Maria states that she may have been holding all the aces but ___________?

4. According to Maria, what did Carter do after she married him?

5. What is the charge at Maria and Carter's divorce hearing that is uncontested?

(see the answer key)

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