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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phrase does Helene's friends who are about ten years older than Helene say to one another?
(a) God almighty.
(b) Heaven pajamas.
(c) Heavens to Betsy.
(d) Lord, have mercy.

2. According to Helene, what is often true of selfish women?
(a) They don't smoke.
(b) They don't put on weight.
(c) They drive very fast.
(d) They drink heavily.

3. According to Maria, what did Carter do after she married him?
(a) Take her to Paris.
(b) Bring her to the hospital.
(c) Put her in his pictures.
(d) Write a book about her.

4. When Maria visits Kate at the hospital and warns the nurse about Kate's nightmares, what does Maria realize about getting an abortion?
(a) That she expected to die.
(b) That she expected she would get pregnant again.
(c) That she expected she wouldn't go through with it.
(d) That she expected it wouldn't be her last.

5. How many dollars does Maria withdraw in cash from the bank to pay for the abortion?
(a) One thousand.
(b) Three hundred.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Seven hundred-fifty.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the elevator of Freddy Chaikin's office, who tells Maria, "The word on Carter's dailies is sensational"?

2. How does everything look to Maria as she leaves the house where she had her abortion?

3. According to Carter, who besides him, Maria, and the possible father, does NOT know about the affair?

4. According to BZ, what does Larry Kulik have to do to be able to sleep with the young girl at Anita Garson's?

5. When Maria lived in New York, what did she do?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Maria tells Carter that she is pregnant and that he may not be the father, how does he respond and why is it significant?

2. How does Maria feel after her abortion and what does it signify?

3. Why does Carter tell Maria tell Kate that it is not good for her to visit Kate unannounced and what does it reveal about Kate's treatment?

4. What kind of man was Maria's father and what impact did it have on Maria?

5. What memory does Carter have of Maria and the baby and what does it reveal about Maria?

6. How does Maria's mother die and why is it significant?

7. When Maria asks if Carter and she are separated when he returns home, how does he respond and why is it significant?

8. What does Maria do the first month after she and Carter break up and what does it signify?

9. When Freddy offers Maria an opportunity for Morty Landau to see film of her, what does her response indicate about her priorities?

10. What is the only time in Maria's day where she does not think about the past nor is overcome with dread?

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