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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. Who tells Felicia at Christmas dinner, "You don't know what the f---- you're talking about"?
(a) BZ.
(b) Maria.
(c) Les.
(d) Helene.

2. Who is in New York that Helene is so upset about she tells Maria three times?
(a) Her mother-in-law.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her hairdresser.
(d) Her therapist.

3. As she waits at Ralph's Market snack counter, Maria thinks the line suggests that the norm was to have _______, ________, and _______.
(a) A disconnected phone; some clandestine business; some extramarital error.
(b) Some extramarital error; no place to live; a lack of food.
(c) A lack of food; some loneliness; no place to live.
(d) Some loneliness; no place to live; a disconnected phone.

4. On the set of the television show in which she has a guest appearance, why does Maria pray that the cameramen would be slow with the set-ups?
(a) Because she is drunk.
(b) Because she is in pain.
(c) Because she is late to meet Les.
(d) Because she doesn't know her lines.

5. When Maria tells BZ the she doesn't want to go to Mexico City with him and Helene to see Susannah Wood's interiors, what does BZ say?
(a) I don't care.
(b) Yes you do.
(c) Another time.
(d) Okay fine.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Maria, who probably pages her at the casino where she has run out on Benny Austin?

2. Maria receives a mimeographed letter in care of the studio that is from whom?

3. In her dreams of Les Goodwin and Kate, Maria imagines the three of them going to the beach to do what?

4. How does Maria get home from Vegas after being arrested?

5. In the town where Carter is shooting that is between Death Valley and the Nevada line, why does the boy at the bathhouse know that Maria is with the movie?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What fantasy does Maria have about Les and Kate and what does she realize about it?

4. When Carter tells Maria that his film will be showing at Cannes, how does she respond?

5. Why does Maria move out of her house in Beverly Hills to an apartment and what does it signify?

6. Why does the actor Maria had sex with send her two dozen roses?

7. What happens when Maria agrees to meet a director for a new film and what does it signify?

8. Why is Maria arrested in Vegas?

9. How does BZ respond to Maria's pleas that he stop hitting Helene the night after she blacks out?

10. What does Maria do after she is unsuccessful in her attempt to reach Benny in Vegas?

(see the answer keys)

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