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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 61 - 87.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Maria begin to bleed after her abortion?
(a) A few days later.
(b) A few weeks later.
(c) A few hours later.
(d) A few minutes later.

2. What does the receptionist at Freddy Chaikin's office tell Maria when she arrives without calling?
(a) He's left for lunch.
(b) He's on the phone.
(c) He's in the projection room.
(d) He's with another client.

3. On the day of the hearing, Helene shows Maria a ring that was a gift from whom?
(a) BZ.
(b) Carlotta.
(c) Carter.
(d) Les.

4. When Maria comes home and finds Ivan Costello drunk in her house and she tells him "No", how does he respond?
(a) "Fight me. You'll like it better that way anyway."
(b) "Fine. I'll come back when you're ready."
(c) "Fight me. I like it better that way anyway."
(d) "Fine. I'm not coming back again for you."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Carter has done a film that Maria has not seen. It is entered in what film festival?

2. What is the subject of Maria and the man's conversation as they drive to get her abortion?

3. What does the bloodied tissue Maria drops off for the doctor turn out to be?

4. According to Helene, who are the people BZ's mother Carlotta "can't bear"?

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?

(see the answer key)

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