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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 - 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Maria, what do some people in the hospital where she is committed call her?
(a) Ms. Wyeth.
(b) Miss M.
(c) Mrs. Lang.
(d) Maria.

2. 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) Her mother.
(b) Felicia.
(c) Helene.
(d) Carlotta.

3. What does the receptionist at Freddy Chaikin's office tell Maria when she arrives without calling?
(a) He's in the projection room.
(b) He's on the phone.
(c) He's left for lunch.
(d) He's with another client.

4. What does BZ tell Maria about an actress who was admitted to UCLA Neuropsychiatric?
(a) That she had overdosed.
(b) That she had fainted of exhaustion.
(c) That she had cut her wrists.
(d) That she had shot her husband.

5. According to the doctor who gives Maria the abortion, what "should be the sound of music" to her?
(a) The movie.
(b) The doctor's voice.
(c) The air conditioner.
(d) The scraping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of bird does Maria watch at the hospital as the novel opens?

2. What does Carter threaten Maria with if she does NOT have an abortion?

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

4. At BZ and Helene's, why does Maria focus on remembering brushing Kate's hair?

5. When Maria lived in New York, what did she do?

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