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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 listens to them and knpws lots of famous stars.
(c) Because she listens to them and understands the marginal distinctions which preoccupy them.
(d) Because she is beautiful and understands the marginal distinctions which preoccupy them.

2. Who spits into the phone, saying to Maria, "You want to know what I think of your life"?
(a) BZ.
(b) Les Goodwin.
(c) Ivan Costello.
(d) Carter.

3. When Maria asks Carter if he wants her out in the desert with him because he thinks she can't take care of herself, how does he respond?
(a) Maybe, but he wants her to prove it.
(b) Yes, he does think she can take care of herself.
(c) No, he does not think she can take care of herself.
(d) He doesn't know because he hasn't seen her in a while.

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

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

6. In her dreams of Les Goodwin and Kate, Maria imagines the three of them going to the beach to do what?
(a) Gather mussels.
(b) Make sand castles.
(c) Swim.
(d) Lie on the beach.

7. What does the hairdresser on the set give Maria?
(a) Valium.
(b) Dexedrine.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Alcohol.

8. Carter has done a film that Maria has not seen. It is entered in what film festival?
(a) Cannes.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Edinburgh International.
(d) New York.

9. When Maria runs into Freddy Chaikin at Caesar's, how long does Maria tell him she's been in Vegas?
(a) Two hours.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Two days.
(d) Two months.

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

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

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

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

14. On the set of the television show in which she has a guest appearance, why does Maria pray that the cameramen would be slow with the set-ups?
(a) Because she doesn't know her lines.
(b) Because she is drunk.
(c) Because she is in pain.
(d) Because she is late to meet Les.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Susannah Wood three weeks after they've been in the desert so that Carter had to shoot around her bruise?

2. What did the girl Maria worked with have to do in order to get a legal D & C?

3. Who is in New York that Helene is so upset about she tells Maria three times?

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

5. When Maria shows up on Carter's set in the desert, why does he tell her to leave and do something with Helene?

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