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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. According to BZ, what does Larry Kulik have to do to be able to sleep with the young girl at Anita Garson's?
(a) Put her in a picture.
(b) Get her into the Whisky.
(c) Buy her a nice dinner.
(d) Give her lots of gifts.

2. What season is it when Carter stops living in the house in Beverly Hills?
(a) Spring.
(b) Fall.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

3. When Maria comes home from Freddy Chaikin's office what does she do instead of calling Les Goodwin?
(a) She calls Carter.
(b) She watches the news.
(c) She lies by the pool.
(d) She lies on Kate's bed.

4. How is Maria playing on the lawn with the baby as Carter recalls in the beginning of the novel?
(a) She is tossing a ball to her.
(b) She is picking dandelions for her.
(c) She is tossing water to her.
(d) She is blowing bubbles to her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man who doesn't like artificial lemon juice at BZ and Helene's do for a living?

2. The season in New York, where Maria lost so much weight the agency wouldn't book her, what did she see every time she looked at food?

3. According to the doctor who gives Maria the abortion, what "should be the sound of music" to her?

4. After he returns from his film shoot, how does Carter respond to Maria's question if he's going to stay at the house in Beverly Hills?

5. Whom does Freddy Chaikin tell Maria he will show film to if she wants to work again?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of arrangements does Maria have to make in order to terminate her pregnancy at this time?

2. Who is Paulette and what is Maria's relationship to her?

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

4. How do Larry Kulik and BZ behave around the girl in the white halter dress at a party Maria attends and why is it significant?

5. Where did Maria grow up and why is it significant?

6. In the period before Maria has her abortion, what does she think about her mother's death and why is it significant?

7. What are the two films Maria has starred in that Carter has made and how does she feel about them?

8. What does Maria do when she moves to New York and why is it significant?

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

10. 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?

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