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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 is Maria consumed by after her mother's death when she lived in New York?
(a) Questions about working, saving for retirement.
(b) Questions about the universe, the nature of death.
(c) Questions about what her mother was doing, thinking.
(d) Questions about what her father was doing, where he was.

2. Maria claimed she was raised to believe that what came in on the next roll would always be _____ than what went out on the last.
(a) The same.
(b) Worse.
(c) Better.
(d) None of the above.

3. What does BZ tell Maria about an actress who was admitted to UCLA Neuropsychiatric?
(a) That she had cut her wrists.
(b) That she had fainted of exhaustion.
(c) That she had overdosed.
(d) That she had shot her husband.

4. According to Maria, what object signifies that her new sleeping arrangement is just temporary?
(a) The beach towel.
(b) The pillow.
(c) The sleeping bag.
(d) The blanket.

5. According to Carter, who besides him, Maria, and the possible father, does NOT know about the affair?
(a) The wife of the possible father.
(b) The wife of Maria's uncle.
(c) Carter's sister.
(d) Maria's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the novel opens, whom does Helene say she does NOT visit Maria at the hospital for?

2. What happens at the end of the first picture Carter made with Maria?

3. What does Maria say to the baby after Carter warns her about the baby getting chilled?

4. After Carter stops living in the house in Beverly Hills, where does Maria begin to sleep?

5. What type of bird does Maria watch at the hospital as the novel opens?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Kate live in a facility for special needs children?

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

7. In the period before Maria has her abortion, what rituals does she perform in order to induce menstruation and why does she do them?

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

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

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

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