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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) BZ's mother is not her mother.
(b) BZ is not her father.
(c) Helene is not her friend.
(d) Carter isn't her husband.

2. 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 making everyone nervous.
(b) Because she's making him nervous.
(c) Because she's making Susannah nervous.
(d) Because she's too nervous.

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

4. Maria recalls working with a girl in Ocho Rios who had just had an abortion in what city where it was hard to get one because of arrests?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Seattle.

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

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

7. 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) Carter.
(b) Les Goodwin.
(c) Helene.
(d) Her mother.

8. In the Spring when Maria attends parties with "faggots" she drinks a good deal because when she drinks she does not what?
(a) Cry.
(b) Dream.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Think.

9. 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) Jeanelle.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Janine.

10. What does the manager at Fountain Avenue mistake Maria for?
(a) A director.
(b) A writer.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A producer.

11. When Maria runs into Carter unexpectedly on the street in Beverly Hills after their divorce, where does she tell him she is going for a few days?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) New York.
(d) Las Vegas.

12. Why does Helene have a bruise on her cheek the night after Maria drank too much?
(a) Because BZ hit her.
(b) Because Maria hit her.
(c) Because she had an accident.
(d) Because she fell.

13. In Vegas, when Maria sleeps with an actor who doesn't know who she is, what does he tell her when they are in bed?
(a) "I know you."
(b) "Kiss me."
(c) "I love you."
(d) "Don't move."

14. Whom did the girl Maria worked with ask a question regarding getting an abortion?
(a) A friend in the Governor's office.
(b) A friend in the District Attorney's office.
(c) A friend in the Mayor's office.
(d) A friend in the City Commissioner's office.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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"?

4. After running into Carter unexpectedly on the street in Beverly Hills, what does Maria imagine in the water that are "translucent as jellyfish"?

5. On the day of the hearing, Helene shows Maria a ring that was a gift from whom?

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