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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times has Helene been divorced?
(a) Never.
(b) Twice.
(c) Three times.
(d) Once.

2. When a comedian comes into the suite at the casino and makes a comment about Maria being new talent, what does Larry Kulik say?
(a) She's not talent.
(b) She's great talent.
(c) She's experienced talent.
(d) She's the best talent.

3. The first time Maria sees Carter after the divorce hearing, what does he mean when he tells her, "Don't get into that"?
(a) He means that she shouldn't sleep with BZ.
(b) He means that she shouldn't do drugs.
(c) He means that she shouldn't do pornography.
(d) He means that she shouldn't starve herself.

4. What happens to Susannah Wood three weeks after they've been in the desert so that Carter had to shoot around her bruise?
(a) She fell.
(b) She got kicked by a horse.
(c) She got in a car accident.
(d) She got beat up.

5. Who sends Maria two dozen roses when she returns home after being arrested in Vegas?
(a) Freddy Chaikin.
(b) Benny Austin.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) The actor whose property she stole.

6. What does the doctor on Wilshire tell Maria about whoever did the abortion?
(a) That it didn't take.
(b) That some of it was still there.
(c) That the person did it right.
(d) That it was a botched job.

7. As she waits at Ralph's Market snack counter, Maria thinks the line suggests that the norm was to have _______, ________, and _______.
(a) A lack of food; some loneliness; no place to live.
(b) Some loneliness; no place to live; a disconnected phone.
(c) Some extramarital error; no place to live; a lack of food.
(d) A disconnected phone; some clandestine business; some extramarital error.

8. According to Maria, the story of the girl who had an abortion, seemed what as she told it?
(a) Sad.
(b) True.
(c) False.
(d) Funny.

9. When Maria runs into Benny Austin at the casino, how is he different from what she remembered?
(a) He was shorter and heavier.
(b) He was taller and more frail.
(c) He was shorter and more frail.
(d) He was taller and heavier.

10. Why does Carter tell Maria in the desert where he is filming that she should leave if she feels "that way."
(a) Because she asks if Carter stole her money.
(b) Because she asks if Carter doesn't love her anymore.
(c) Because she asks if Carter is sleeping with Susannah.
(d) Because she asks if Carter beat up Susannah.

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

12. Why does Maria feel a rush of shame when she tells Benny Austin to come see her in Los Angeles?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) Because Benny never goes to Los Angeles.
(c) Because she would not see him if he came.
(d) Because Maria never goes to Los Angeles.

13. How does Maria get home from Vegas after being arrested?
(a) She hitchhikes back.
(b) She takes the train back.
(c) She flies back on a Lear jet.
(d) She drives back in a convertible.

14. What does Maria do instead of going to the hospital for the excessive bleeding?
(a) Drink a bottle of gin.
(b) Take Dexedrine to stay awake.
(c) Take Valium to go to sleep.
(d) Drive on the freeway.

15. What kind of movie does BZ watch the first time Maria met him at his house?
(a) A silent movie.
(b) An old movie.
(c) A new movie.
(d) A blue movie.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does BZ die at the end of the novel?

2. What does Benny Austin tell Maria about her mother's health the last time she ever saw her?

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 Maria comes home and finds Ivan Costello drunk in her house and she tells him "No", how does he respond?

5. According to Helene, who was "shuttling them in and out of that motel like the dailies"?

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