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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. BZ tells Maria that Carter is sleeping with someone in the desert. Who?
(a) Helene.
(b) An extra.
(c) A waitress.
(d) Susannah.

2. What excuse does Felicia give about Kate smashing her gift against the mirror?
(a) That Kate is tired.
(b) That Kate doesn't like her.
(c) That Kate misses Carter.
(d) That Kate feels sick.

3. When Maria goes to the hairdresser, a girl comes in and tells her hairdresser that she just had an operation for what?
(a) Broken shoulder.
(b) Pelvic abscess.
(c) Eye lift.
(d) Brain tumor.

4. What is the name of the girl in the nightgown at BZ and Helene's who asks for coffee and loves New Year's Eve?
(a) June.
(b) Jenny.
(c) Jeanelle.
(d) Janine.

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

6. 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 Maria never goes to Los Angeles.
(d) Because she would not see him if he came.

7. When Maria tells BZ the she doesn't want to go to Mexico City with him and Helene to see Susannah Wood's interiors, what does BZ say?
(a) I don't care.
(b) Okay fine.
(c) Another time.
(d) Yes you do.

8. In the town where Carter is shooting that is between Death Valley and the Nevada line, why does the boy at the bathhouse know that Maria is with the movie?
(a) Because he knows everybody from around there.
(b) Because he works for Carter.
(c) Because he recognized her as a film star.
(d) Because she's too beautiful to be from there.

9. Why is Maria unable to reach Benny Austin when she goes to Vegas?
(a) Because she doesn't have a number to reach him.
(b) Because BZ and Helene come to take her back to LA.
(c) Because Les shows up and stops her.
(d) Because the number and post office box he gave her are wrong.

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 beat up Susannah.
(b) Because she asks if Carter stole her money.
(c) Because she asks if Carter is sleeping with Susannah.
(d) Because she asks if Carter doesn't love her anymore.

11. What does Helene ask Carter as they wait for the papers to be signed at the divorce hearing?
(a) To guess which actor was caught with his pants down.
(b) To guess which dykes were feeding each other at the bistro.
(c) To guess how long it will take for Maria and Les to get hitched.
(d) To guess which actress BZ is sleeping with.

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

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

14. 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 starve herself.
(b) He means that she shouldn't do pornography.
(c) He means that she shouldn't sleep with BZ.
(d) He means that she shouldn't do drugs.

15. When Maria shows up on Carter's set in the desert, why does he tell her to leave and do something with Helene?
(a) Because she's too nervous.
(b) Because she's making Susannah nervous.
(c) Because she's making him nervous.
(d) Because she's making everyone nervous.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her dreams of Les Goodwin and Kate, Maria imagines the three of them going to the beach to do what?

2. According to Maria, who probably pages her at the casino where she has run out on Benny Austin?

3. Who spits into the phone, saying to Maria, "You want to know what I think of your life"?

4. What does the hairdresser on the set give Maria?

5. The night after Maria drinks too much and wakes up naked in Helene's bedroom, why does BZ say "You weren't talking that way last night"?

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