1. When Maria attends parties with occasional, third-string "faggots," why is she considered a "modest asset"?
(a) Because she listens to them and understands the marginal distinctions which preoccupy them.
(b) Because she is beautiful and knows lots of famous stars.
(c) Because she listens to them and knpws lots of famous stars.
(d) Because she is beautiful and understands the marginal distinctions which preoccupy them.

2. As she waits at Ralph's Market snack counter, Maria thinks the line suggests that the norm was to have _______, ________, and _______.
(a) A disconnected phone; some clandestine business; some extramarital error.
(b) Some extramarital error; no place to live; a lack of food.
(c) A lack of food; some loneliness; no place to live.
(d) Some loneliness; no place to live; a disconnected phone.

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

4. When Maria visits Kate at the hospital and warns the nurse about Kate's nightmares, what does Maria realize about getting an abortion?
(a) That she expected it wouldn't be her last.
(b) That she expected to die.
(c) That she expected she wouldn't go through with it.
(d) That she expected she would get pregnant again.

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