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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After learning of her mother's death, what did Maria do for a month?
(a) Cry.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Drink.
(d) Not work.

3. When Maria lived in New York, what did she do?
(a) She was a lawyer.
(b) She was a model.
(c) She was a waitress.
(d) She was a teacher.

4. 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.
(a) Worse.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Better.
(d) The same.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As the novel opens, what meal does Carter like to have out?

2. According to Carter, what two places does he like to eat alone and read the trades?

3. According to Helene, who killed BZ?

4. As the novel opens, what fictional character does Maria say she does NOT ask what makes this person evil?

5. When Helene arrives at the hospital to see Maria as the novel opens, what is she told?

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