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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At BZ and Helene's, why does Maria focus on remembering brushing Kate's hair?
(a) In order to not forget what her daughter looked like.
(b) In order to not listen to the conversation around her.
(c) In order to remember to bring a brush to her next visit.
(d) In order to convince herself that she is a good mother.

2. What does a columnist from the trades call to ask Maria?
(a) What she thinks of Carter's new picture and Carter dating Susannah Wood.
(b) Whom she is dating and what she thinks of Carter dating Susannah Wood.
(c) If she is starring in anything and what she thinks of Carter's new picture.
(d) What she thinks of Carter dating Susannah Wood and if she is starring in anything.

3. According to Maria, "_______always spoke on the telephone as if a spurious urgency could mask her radical lack of interest in talking to anyone."
(a) Felicia.
(b) Carlotta.
(c) Helene.
(d) Her mother.

4. What happens at the end of the first picture Carter made with Maria?
(a) She is cleaning marijuana with a kitchen strainer.
(b) She is arguing on the telephone.
(c) She is thrown into negative and looks dead.
(d) She is crying on the IRT.

5. What does the man who doesn't like artificial lemon juice at BZ and Helene's do for a living?
(a) He's a masseur.
(b) He's a therapist.
(c) He's a lawyer.
(d) He's a writer.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many times has Helene been divorced?

4. What was the domestic and foreign gross of the second picture Carter made with Maria?

5. When Maria tells BZ the she doesn't want to go to Mexico City with him and Helene to see Susannah Wood's interiors, what does BZ say?

(see the answer key)

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