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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 kind of pants is the man who takes Maria to the house for the abortion wearing?
(a) Dark blue pants.
(b) Jeans.
(c) Plaid pants.
(d) White duck pants.

2. According to Maria, what did Carter do after she married him?
(a) Take her to Paris.
(b) Bring her to the hospital.
(c) Write a book about her.
(d) Put her in his pictures.

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

4. How is Maria playing on the lawn with the baby as Carter recalls in the beginning of the novel?
(a) She is tossing a ball to her.
(b) She is blowing bubbles to her.
(c) She is picking dandelions for her.
(d) She is tossing water to her.

5. How does Maria respond to Carter's statement about always dining out?
(a) She says that he always dines out.
(b) She says that he doesn't always dine out.
(c) She says that he never invites her.
(d) She says that he always invites her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who at Christmas dinner is "preternaturally attuned to the threat of voices not even raised"?

2. According to Maria, what was "something no one in the city liked to be near"?

3. The first time Maria meets BZ at his house, BZ tells Carter, "The rough cut looked fantastic, except you're missing the ________."

4. When Helene arrives at the hospital to see Maria as the novel opens, what is she told?

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

(see the answer key)

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