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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. As the novel opens, what meal does Carter like to have out?
(a) Midnight snack.
(b) Lunch.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) Dinner.
2. What does Maria eat and drink during her new pastime?
(a) A bag of pretzels and root beer.
(b) A peanut butter sandwich and water.
(c) A hard-boiled egg and coca-cola.
(d) A packet of nuts and apple juice.
3. How is Maria playing on the lawn with the baby as Carter recalls in the beginning of the novel?
(a) She is tossing water to her.
(b) She is picking dandelions for her.
(c) She is blowing bubbles to her.
(d) She is tossing a ball to her.
4. What kind of pants is the man who takes Maria to the house for the abortion wearing?
(a) White duck pants.
(b) Plaid pants.
(c) Dark blue pants.
(d) Jeans.
5. According to the doctor who gives Maria the abortion, what "should be the sound of music" to her?
(a) The air conditioner.
(b) The scraping.
(c) The movie.
(d) The doctor's voice.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Maria, what do some people in the hospital where she is committed call her?
2. 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?
3. What is the name of the boyfriend Maria had before she met Carter?
4. According to Helene, what is often true of selfish women?
5. What object does Maria keep in her makeup box that she is careful not to examine?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the coral snake Maria thinks about as the novel opens a metaphor of?
2. What kind of man was Maria's father and what impact did it have on Maria?
3. What does Maria's unannounced visit to her agent, Freddy Chaikin, reveal about her profession as an actress and the business of movie-making?
4. What is the location of Maria's abortion and what does it represent?
5. Where does Maria begin to sleep after her breakup with Carter and why is it significant?
6. What time does Maria want to be on the freeway 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. 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?
9. What is the tone of Helene's recollections of Maria and why is it significant?
10. What does Maria do the first month after she and Carter break up and what does it signify?
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