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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 did the Guatemalan from the employment agency steal from Maria?
(a) Her jewelry.
(b) Her car.
(c) Her diaphragm.
(d) Her makeup.

2. When Carter and Helene ask Maria questions at Neuropsychiatric, what three things does she answer about her plans for the future?
(a) Get Kate; live with Kate alone; do some canning.
(b) Get Kate; live with Kate alone; do some gardening.
(c) Get Carter; live with Kate and Carter; do some gardening.
(d) Get Kate; live with Kate and Carter; do some canning.

3. In her dreams of Les Goodwin and Kate, Maria imagines the three of them going to the beach to do what?
(a) Lie on the beach.
(b) Make sand castles.
(c) Swim.
(d) Gather mussels.

4. Why does Helene have a bruise on her cheek the night after Maria drank too much?
(a) Because Maria hit her.
(b) Because she fell.
(c) Because BZ hit her.
(d) Because she had an accident.

5. What does Benny Austin tell Maria about her mother's health the last time she ever saw her?
(a) That she was in perfect health.
(b) That she was too thin.
(c) That she had cancer.
(d) That she was a little depressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Felicia at Christmas dinner, "You don't know what the f---- you're talking about"?

2. After running into Carter unexpectedly on the street in Beverly Hills, what does Maria imagine in the water that are "translucent as jellyfish"?

3. According to the person who writes the mimeographed letter that Maria receives in care of the studio, Maria's worries may date from when she was a what?

4. Why does Maria feel a rush of shame when she tells Benny Austin to come see her in Los Angeles?

5. What did the girl Maria worked with have to do in order to get a legal D & C?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Maria prepare to meet Les in a hotel room and what happens when he arrives?

2. What does Maria realize about the day of the audition?

3. When Ivan Costello returns Maria's phone call, how does he behave and what does it signify?

4. What happens when Maria waits for a pay phone at the grocery store and what does it represent?

5. How does Maria get home from Vegas after being arrested and why is it significant?

6. Why is Maria arrested in Vegas?

7. What does Maria drop off at the doctor and why?

8. Why does Carter want Maria to stay with him in the desert where he is shooting and what happens?

9. How does Maria react when she begins to bleed after the abortion and why?

10. Why does Maria decline to meet BZ's mother in Pebble Beach?

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