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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two phrases remain constant in Maria's dreams of a shadowy syndicate?
(a) The brass tax; a business proposition.
(b) The heart of the problem; the brass tax.
(c) Part of that operation; the heart of the problem.
(d) Part of that operation; a business proposition.

2. According to Helene, what did the Guatemalan from the employment agency steal from Maria?
(a) Her jewelry.
(b) Her diaphragm.
(c) Her car.
(d) Her makeup.

3. What does Larry Kulik tell Maria he's been hearing about her?
(a) That she's ready for the nuthouse.
(b) That she's having an affair.
(c) That she had an abortion.
(d) That she's terrific in the show.

4. 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"?
(a) Because Maria screams that she loves Carter.
(b) Because Maria screams for him to stop hitting Helene.
(c) Because Maria screams for Helene to take her home.
(d) Because Maria screams that she hates BZ.

5. When Maria attends parties with occasional, third-string "faggots," why is she considered a "modest asset"?
(a) Because she is beautiful and knows lots of famous stars.
(b) Because she is beautiful and understands the marginal distinctions which preoccupy them.
(c) Because she listens to them and knpws lots of famous stars.
(d) Because she listens to them and understands the marginal distinctions which preoccupy them.

6. What does Maria tell Benny Austin about why she had to leave him?
(a) She needed a drink.
(b) She got another call.
(c) She lost big.
(d) She got sick.

7. 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.

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

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

10. Who acts as Maria's witness at Maria and Carter's divorce hearing?
(a) Les.
(b) Helene.
(c) BZ.
(d) Felicia.

11. According to Helene, who was "shuttling them in and out of that motel like the dailies"?
(a) BZ.
(b) Carter.
(c) Maria.
(d) Les.

12. How does BZ die at the end of the novel?
(a) He commits suicide.
(b) Carter kills him.
(c) He gets cancer.
(d) Maria kills him.

13. Who is in New York that Helene is so upset about she tells Maria three times?
(a) Her hairdresser.
(b) Her therapist.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her mother-in-law.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does BZ behave toward Maria the first time she met him at his house?

2. In Maria's dreams of a shadowy syndicate, what does her contact want her to supply information about?

3. Who sends Maria two dozen roses when she returns home after being arrested in Vegas?

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

5. Who tells Felicia at Christmas dinner, "You don't know what the f---- you're talking about"?

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