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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. What is Maria consumed by after her mother's death when she lived in New York?
(a) Questions about working, saving for retirement.
(b) Questions about what her mother was doing, thinking.
(c) Questions about what her father was doing, where he was.
(d) Questions about the universe, the nature of death.

5. What does Benny Austin tell Maria about her mother's health the last time she ever saw her?
(a) That she was in perfect health.
(b) That she was too thin.
(c) That she was a little depressed.
(d) That she had cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Helene, what is often true of selfish women?

2. Whom is the New York Times profile about that Helene brings with her to see Maria?

3. What does BZ tell Maria about an actress who was admitted to UCLA Neuropsychiatric?

4. What is the name of the street Maria and Kate drive up and down in search of a Christmas tree?

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

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