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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Carter stops living in the house in Beverly Hills, where does Maria begin to sleep?
(a) By the pool.
(b) In the car.
(c) At the beach.
(d) On the deck.

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

3. Who tells Felicia at Christmas dinner, "You don't know what the f---- you're talking about"?
(a) Helene.
(b) Les.
(c) Maria.
(d) BZ.

4. According to Helene, what is Maria's manner like when she sees her by the swimming pool at the hospital as the novel opens?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Relaxed.
(c) Upset.
(d) Happy.

5. How does BZ behave toward Maria the first time she met him at his house?
(a) He doesn't speak to her.
(b) He refuses to look at her.
(c) He stares at her.
(d) He completely ignores her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of stories leap out at Maria from the newspaper so that she can no longer read it?

2. When Maria visits Kate at the hospital and warns the nurse about Kate's nightmares, what does Maria realize about getting an abortion?

3. In her dreams of Les Goodwin and Kate, Maria imagines the three of them going to the beach to do what?

4. When Maria goes to the hairdresser, a girl comes in and tells her hairdresser that she just had an operation for what?

5. What two phrases remain constant in Maria's dreams of a shadowy syndicate?

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