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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 is the name of the boyfriend Maria had before she met Carter?
(a) Isaiah Coster.
(b) Isaiah Costello.
(c) Ivan Coster.
(d) Ivan Costello.

2. As she waits at Ralph's Market snack counter, Maria thinks the line suggests that the norm was to have _______, ________, and _______.
(a) A disconnected phone; some clandestine business; some extramarital error.
(b) A lack of food; some loneliness; no place to live.
(c) Some loneliness; no place to live; a disconnected phone.
(d) Some extramarital error; no place to live; a lack of food.

3. How many times has Helene been divorced?
(a) Twice.
(b) Never.
(c) Once.
(d) Three times.

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

5. The season in New York, where Maria lost so much weight the agency wouldn't book her, what did she see every time she looked at food?
(a) Cheerful smiles.
(b) Enthusiastic lines.
(c) Disgruntled frowns.
(d) Ominous coils.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days does Maria realize she has not been bleeding?

2. According to Maria, the story of the girl who had an abortion, seemed what as she told it?

3. What does Maria throw out in order to insure bleeding?

4. What is Maria consumed by after her mother's death when she lived in New York?

5. Why does Maria prefer the studio cut of the second picture Carter made with her?

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