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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who at Christmas dinner is "preternaturally attuned to the threat of voices not even raised"?
(a) Kate.
(b) Maria.
(c) Les.
(d) BZ.

2. At Anita Garson's party, what is the young girl Larry Kulik is watching doing?
(a) Eating in the kitchen.
(b) Dancing on the terrace.
(c) Sleeping on a couch.
(d) Swimming in the pool.

3. What does the bloodied tissue Maria drops off for the doctor turn out to be?
(a) Fluid.
(b) Uterus.
(c) Placenta.
(d) Membrane.

4. What was the studio cut of the second picture Carter made with Maria?
(a) A close up shot of Maria sitting on a bench.
(b) A long dolly shot of the motorcycle gang on the freeway.
(c) A close up shot of a motorcycle in a parking lot.
(d) A long dolly shot of Maria strolling across a campus.

5. What object does Maria later try to remember if the doctor took with him when he left the bedroom?
(a) A pail.
(b) A depressor.
(c) A scalpel.
(d) A speculum.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At three in the morning in the desert, when Maria asks Carter, "Why do you fight," what does he say?

3. What does a columnist from the trades call to ask Maria?

4. When Maria shows up on Carter's set in the desert, why does he tell her to leave and do something with Helene?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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