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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 40 - 60.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What pastime does Maria begin to do after Carter stops living in the house in Beverly Hills?
(a) Walk through the park.
(b) Drive the freeway.
(c) Swim in the ocean.
(d) Run the boardwalk.

3. Besides Carter, who might be the father of Maria's baby?
(a) Larry Kulik.
(b) Freddy.
(c) Les Goodwin.
(d) BZ.

4. What season is it when Carter stops living in the house in Beverly Hills?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

5. What kind of stories leap out at Maria from the newspaper so that she can no longer read it?
(a) Stories involving dead actresses.
(b) Stories involving children in peril.
(c) Stories involving natural disasters.
(d) Stories involving working mothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Maria's dreams of a shadowy syndicate, what does her contact want her to supply information about?

2. What is Maria waiting for at the Ralph's Market snack counter?

3. 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.

4. In the courtroom, Helene confirmed that the defendant, Carter Lang, had repeatedly _______and in other ways _________the plaintiff, Mrs. Maria Lang.

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

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