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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before Maria can have the abortion, what does the doctor want to know, according to the man she speaks with on the phone?
(a) How many weeks she is pregnant.
(b) If this is her first abortion.
(c) How old she is.
(d) If this is her first pregnancy.

2. Whom does Maria call when the blood become so fast she soaks three pads in fifteen minutes?
(a) Carter.
(b) Les.
(c) Felicia.
(d) BZ.

3. How does BZ respond when Maria asks him if he ever gets tired of doing favors for people?
(a) "For you, I'll do anything."
(b) "You don't know how tired."
(c) "I get something back."
(d) "Never."

4. As the novel opens, whom does Helene say she does NOT visit Maria at the hospital for?
(a) Helene.
(b) Maria.
(c) Carter.
(d) BZ.

5. What type of bird does Maria watch at the hospital as the novel opens?
(a) A woodpecker.
(b) A hummingbird.
(c) A blue jay.
(d) A sparrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Carter suggests that Maria fly up to Pebble Beach to meet Helene and BZ's mother, what reason does Maria give about why she can't go?

2. What kind of movie does BZ watch the first time Maria met him at his house?

3. As she waits at Ralph's Market snack counter, Maria thinks the line suggests that the norm was to have _______, ________, and _______.

4. According to Carter, who besides him, Maria, and the possible father, does NOT know about the affair?

5. Why does Freddy Chaikin say to Maria that he was surprised to hear that she wanted to work again?

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