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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before Maria can have the abortion, what does the doctor want to know, according to the man she speaks with on the phone?
(a) If this is her first abortion.
(b) If this is her first pregnancy.
(c) How many weeks she is pregnant.
(d) How old she is.

2. When Maria comes home from Freddy Chaikin's office what does she do instead of calling Les Goodwin?
(a) She calls Carter.
(b) She lies by the pool.
(c) She watches the news.
(d) She lies on Kate's bed.

3. As the novel opens, what meal does Carter like to have out?
(a) Breakfast.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Lunch.
(d) Midnight snack.

4. What is Maria consumed by after her mother's death when she lived in New York?
(a) Questions about the universe, the nature of death.
(b) Questions about working, saving for retirement.
(c) Questions about what her father was doing, where he was.
(d) Questions about what her mother was doing, thinking.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Maria, "_______always spoke on the telephone as if a spurious urgency could mask her radical lack of interest in talking to anyone."

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

3. What does Maria say to the baby after Carter warns her about the baby getting chilled?

4. According to Helene, who killed BZ?

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

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