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

2. At the house where Maria has her abortion, what is the doctor's table NOT fitted with?
(a) Drawers.
(b) Stirrups.
(c) Cushions.
(d) Legs.

3. According to Maria, why did her family move to Silver Wells?
(a) Because she got a job there.
(b) Because her father owned the town.
(c) Because they were running from the law.
(d) Because the weather was nice.

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

5. 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) Better.
(b) None of the above.
(c) The same.
(d) Worse.

Short Answer 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?

2. What accessory does Helene bring to the hospital for Maria that belongs to her?

3. When BZ comes over, what does Maria ask him about Carter that he doesn't want to answer because he wants him to finish his picture?

4. What is the plot of the second picture Carter made with Maria?

5. How does everything look to Maria as she leaves the house where she had her abortion?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Maria feel after her abortion and what does it signify?

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

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

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

5. What does Maria's unannounced visit to her agent, Freddy Chaikin, reveal about her profession as an actress and the business of movie-making?

6. As the novel opens, where is Maria Wyeth and why is it significant?

7. Why does Carter tell Maria tell Kate that it is not good for her to visit Kate unannounced and what does it reveal about Kate's treatment?

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

10. What is the coral snake Maria thinks about as the novel opens a metaphor of?

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