Play It as It Lays Test | Final Test - Medium

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Play It as It Lays Test | Final Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 acts as Maria's witness at Maria and Carter's divorce hearing?
(a) Les.
(b) BZ.
(c) Felicia.
(d) Helene.

2. Whom did the girl Maria worked with ask a question regarding getting an abortion?
(a) A friend in the Mayor's office.
(b) A friend in the District Attorney's office.
(c) A friend in the Governor's office.
(d) A friend in the City Commissioner's office.

3. According to Maria, the story of the girl who had an abortion, seemed what as she told it?
(a) True.
(b) Sad.
(c) Funny.
(d) False.

4. In the Spring when Maria attends parties with "faggots" she drinks a good deal because when she drinks she does not what?
(a) Think.
(b) Dream.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Cry.

5. 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) "Kiss me."
(b) "Don't move."
(c) "I know you."
(d) "I love you."

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Maria call after she is arrested for stealing the actor's property in Vegas?

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

3. When Maria runs into Benny Austin at the casino, how is he different from what she remembered?

4. Who tells Maria, "You're lying in water and it's warm and you hear your mother's voice"?

5. What is the name of the place where the house slides on the television news that Maria is watching?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Larry Kulik tell Maria about what people are saying about her and what does it signify?

2. What does watching the television and reading the newspaper reveal about Maria's state of mind?

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

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

5. What happens when Maria leaves a party with an actor and they have sex and why is it significant?

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

7. What did the girl Maria knew who had an abortion do to obtain one and how does she tell her story?

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

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

10. Why do Carter and Helene assume that Maria had something to do with BZ's death and what are the consequences?

(see the answer keys)

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