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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. After learning of her mother's death, what did Maria do for a month?
(a) Not work.
(b) Drink.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Cry.

2. According to Maria, why shouldn't she have shown up at Freddy Chaikin's without calling?
(a) Because her agent is too busy to see her.
(b) Because only people in trouble came unannounced to see their agents.
(c) Because only big stars were allowed to show up unannounced.
(d) Because it was rude to show up without calling.

3. As the novel opens, what meal does Carter like to have out?
(a) Midnight snack.
(b) Breakfast.
(c) Dinner.
(d) Lunch.

4. Why does Maria tell BZ that Larry Kulik is going to die in a barber chair?
(a) Because he will collapse from being obese.
(b) Because he will be killed by the gangsters he works for.
(c) Because she had a vision about it.
(d) Because he told her that's the way he wanted to go.

5. Why does BZ tell Maria that they had to shut down the set in the desert?
(a) Because of the fire.
(b) Because the lead skipped town.
(c) Because they ran out of cash.
(d) Because someone got hurt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of Maria and the man's conversation as they drive to get her abortion?

2. According to Carter, what does the hospital where Kate is staying tell him about Maria's frequent visits to see her daughter?

3. According to Maria, what was "something no one in the city liked to be near"?

4. What pastime does Maria begin to do after Carter stops living in the house in Beverly Hills?

5. What does BZ do with the first picture that Carter made with Maria that she doesn't like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the location of Maria's abortion and what does it represent?

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

3. When Maria thinks of the men that she has been intimate in her life, what conclusion does she come to and how is it important to the novel?

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

5. Who is Benny Austin and what does he represent in the novel?

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

7. What time does Maria want to be on the freeway and why is it significant?

8. What is the tone of Helene's recollections of Maria 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. Where did Maria grow up and why is it significant?

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