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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the boyfriend Maria had before she met Carter?
(a) Isaiah Coster.
(b) Ivan Coster.
(c) Isaiah Costello.
(d) Ivan Costello.

2. What is the name of Maria's father's business partner?
(a) Benny Austin.
(b) Bob Allen.
(c) Allen Bob.
(d) Austin Benny.

3. According to Carter, when Maria responds to his statement about dining out, who continues to look directly at her?
(a) Carter.
(b) BZ.
(c) No one.
(d) Helene.

4. According to Maria, what did Carter do after she married him?
(a) Put her in his pictures.
(b) Take her to Paris.
(c) Write a book about her.
(d) Bring her to the hospital.

5. Where was Maria born?
(a) Austin, Texas.
(b) Reno, Nevada.
(c) San Jose, California.
(d) Boise, Idaho.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the novel opens, whom does Helene say she does NOT visit Maria at the hospital for?

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

3. According to Maria, why did her family move to Silver Wells?

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

5. Maria claimed she was raised to believe that what came in on the next roll would always be _____ than what went out on the last.

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