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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 Maria, who probably pages her at the casino where she has run out on Benny Austin?
(a) BZ.
(b) Larry Kulik.
(c) Benny Austin.
(d) Carter.

2. What is the name of the television show Maria lands a guest-star appearance in?
(a) Interstate 5.
(b) Interstate 405.
(c) Interstate 80.
(d) Interstate 15.

3. Who at Christmas dinner is "preternaturally attuned to the threat of voices not even raised"?
(a) Les.
(b) BZ.
(c) Maria.
(d) Kate.

4. In Vegas, when Maria sleeps with an actor who doesn't know who she is, what does he tell her when they are in bed?
(a) "I know you."
(b) "Don't move."
(c) "I love you."
(d) "Kiss me."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Carter suggests that Maria fly up to Pebble Beach to meet Helene and BZ's mother, what reason does Maria give about why she can't go?

2. When Maria shows up on Carter's set in the desert, why does he tell her to leave and do something with Helene?

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 move out of the house in Beverly Hills?

5. When a comedian comes into the suite at the casino and makes a comment about Maria being new talent, what does Larry Kulik say?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened the last time Maria saw her mother and how does it parallel Maria's situation?

2. What does Maria do when she runs into Benny Austin at the Flamingo and why?

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

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

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

6. When Maria wakes up and finds Helene and BZ in the room with her, what vague notion does Maria have and what does it mean?

7. What happens when Maria and Kate have dinner at Felicia and Les Goodwin's house during the Christmas holiday and why is it significant?

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

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

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

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