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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. 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) Another time.
(c) Yes you do.
(d) Okay fine.

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

3. At three in the morning in the desert, when Maria asks Carter, "Why do you fight," what does he say?
(a) "To find out if you're alive."
(b) "Because you fight back."
(c) "To see if you love me."
(d) "Because I hate you."

4. How does Maria get home from Vegas after being arrested?
(a) She hitchhikes back.
(b) She takes the train back.
(c) She drives back in a convertible.
(d) She flies back on a Lear jet.

5. Who acts as Maria's witness at Maria and Carter's divorce hearing?
(a) Les.
(b) BZ.
(c) Helene.
(d) Felicia.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Helene, what did the Guatemalan from the employment agency steal from Maria?

2. 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?

3. What is the name of the girl in the nightgown at BZ and Helene's who asks for coffee and loves New Year's Eve?

4. What does the manager at Fountain Avenue mistake Maria for?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Maria remember about meeting BZ for the first time and what does it foreshadow?

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

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

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

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

9. How does Helene speak during Carter and Maria's divorce hearing and then after and why is it significant?

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

(see the answer keys)

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