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

2. How does Maria respond to Carter's statement about always dining out?
(a) She says that he doesn't always dine out.
(b) She says that he always dines out.
(c) She says that he always invites her.
(d) She says that he never invites her.

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

4. How many days does Maria realize she has not been bleeding?
(a) Twenty five.
(b) Fifty one.
(c) Ninety.
(d) Ten.

5. Why does Maria prefer the studio cut of the second picture Carter made with her?
(a) Because the motorcycle gang seemed to get away with murder.
(b) Because the girl on screen seemed not to have a care in the world.
(c) Because the girl on screen seemed to have a knack for controlling her own destiny.
(d) Because the motorcycle gang seemed to be punished for their crimes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Maria later try to remember if the doctor took with him when he left the bedroom?

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

3. How is Maria playing on the lawn with the baby as Carter recalls in the beginning of the novel?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. How does BZ respond to Maria's inquiries about whom Carter is sleeping with and what does it signify?

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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