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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 Helene, what is often true of selfish women?
(a) They drink heavily.
(b) They drive very fast.
(c) They don't smoke.
(d) They don't put on weight.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After learning of her mother's death, what did Maria do for a month?

2. How does Maria respond to Carter's statement about always dining out?

3. What does Helene see Maria wearing when she visits the hospital as the novel opens?

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

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

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