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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the restaurant with Les Goodwin the day of Maria's abortion, what does she tell Les she wants to order?
(a) Nothing but water.
(b) Chocolate pie and one drink.
(c) A salad and two drinks.
(d) A very large steak and three drinks.

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

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

4. What does Larry Kulik invite Maria to do at his place?
(a) Swim in the pool.
(b) Use the sauna.
(c) Attend his party.
(d) Smoke pot.

5. When Carter and Helene ask Maria questions at Neuropsychiatric, what three things does she answer about her plans for the future?
(a) Get Kate; live with Kate alone; do some canning.
(b) Get Kate; live with Kate and Carter; do some canning.
(c) Get Carter; live with Kate and Carter; do some gardening.
(d) Get Kate; live with Kate alone; do some gardening.

6. When Maria runs into Benny Austin at the casino, he tells her, the course of true love is never a straight ______.
(a) Flush.
(b) Path.
(c) Arrow.
(d) Line.

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

8. Whom does Maria call after she is arrested for stealing the actor's property in Vegas?
(a) Ivan Costello.
(b) Benny Austin.
(c) Larry Kulik.
(d) Freddy Chaikin.

9. Whom does Maria want to talk to the night she sleeps with a bottle of gin by her bed because the pain medication isn't working?
(a) Les Goodwin.
(b) Carter.
(c) Helene.
(d) Her mother.

10. Maria receives a mimeographed letter in care of the studio that is from whom?
(a) A director.
(b) A fan.
(c) A hypnotist.
(d) A psychiatrist.

11. In Vegas, what does she take that belongs to the actor that she sleeps with?
(a) His wallet.
(b) His Ferrari.
(c) His clothes.
(d) His phone.

12. What is Maria waiting for at the Ralph's Market snack counter?
(a) To use the pay phone.
(b) To eat lunch.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Les Goodwin.

13. At the end of the novel, who is with BZ at the time of his death?
(a) No one.
(b) Maria.
(c) Helene.
(d) Carter.

14. In her dreams, where are the "hacked pieces of human flesh" found?
(a) In the pipes.
(b) In the crib.
(c) In the film.
(d) In the pool.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maria tell Benny Austin about why she had to leave him?

2. When Maria runs into Benny Austin at the casino, how is he different from what she remembered?

3. What is the name of the place where the house slides on the television news that Maria is watching?

4. What does the doctor on Wilshire tell Maria about whoever did the abortion?

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?

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