Play It as It Lays Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

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Play It as It Lays Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Maria prefer the studio cut of the second picture Carter made with her?
(a) Because the motorcycle gang seemed to be punished for their crimes.
(b) Because the girl on screen seemed to have a knack for controlling her own destiny.
(c) Because the motorcycle gang seemed to get away with murder.
(d) Because the girl on screen seemed not to have a care in the world.

2. After learning of her mother's death, what did Maria do for a month?
(a) Not work.
(b) Cry.
(c) Drink.
(d) Sleep.

3. According to Helene, who was "shuttling them in and out of that motel like the dailies"?
(a) Les.
(b) BZ.
(c) Carter.
(d) Maria.

4. In the hospital, what does Maria try NOT to think about?
(a) Winter mornings and ice tea.
(b) Movies and red roses.
(c) The ocean and newspapers.
(d) Dead things and plumbing.

5. 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 tend to disturb the child's adjustment.
(b) That Kate doesn't want her to visit without her father there as well.
(c) That unscheduled parental appearances help the child's adjustment.
(d) That only he has the authority to authorize her release.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. At the restaurant with Les Goodwin the day of Maria's abortion, what does she tell Les she wants to order?

5. After running into Carter unexpectedly on the street in Beverly Hills, what does Maria imagine in the water that are "translucent as jellyfish"?

(see the answer key)

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