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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29 - 39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Carter, what does the hospital where Kate is staying tell him about Maria's frequent visits to see her daughter?
(a) That unscheduled parental appearances help the child's adjustment.
(b) That unscheduled parental appearances tend to disturb the child's adjustment.
(c) That only he has the authority to authorize her release.
(d) That Kate doesn't want her to visit without her father there as well.

2. When does Maria begin to bleed after her abortion?
(a) A few weeks later.
(b) A few minutes later.
(c) A few hours later.
(d) A few days later.

3. What is the subject of Maria and the man's conversation as they drive to get her abortion?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Money.
(c) Politics.
(d) Cars.

4. What object does Maria later try to remember if the doctor took with him when he left the bedroom?
(a) A speculum.
(b) A scalpel.
(c) A pail.
(d) A depressor.

5. How is Maria playing on the lawn with the baby as Carter recalls in the beginning of the novel?
(a) She is blowing bubbles to her.
(b) She is picking dandelions for her.
(c) She is tossing a ball to her.
(d) She is tossing water to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does BZ respond when Maria asks him if he ever gets tired of doing favors for people?

2. Whom does Maria want to talk to the night she sleeps with a bottle of gin by her bed because the pain medication isn't working?

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

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

5. What is the name of the first picture Carter made with Maria that never got distributed?

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