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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 sends Maria two dozen roses when she returns home after being arrested in Vegas?
(a) The actor whose property she stole.
(b) None of the answers is correct.
(c) Benny Austin.
(d) Freddy Chaikin.

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

3. What does Maria borrow from the stuntman ten days before the film is done in the desert?
(a) A horse.
(b) A car.
(c) A knife.
(d) A gun.

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

5. What does the woman at the Ralph's Market snack counter tell Maria?
(a) That she is mentally ill.
(b) That she is lost.
(c) That she needs money.
(d) That she is hungry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Maria call when the blood become so fast she soaks three pads in fifteen minutes?

3. What kind of stories leap out at Maria from the newspaper so that she can no longer read it?

4. In Maria's dreams of a shadowy syndicate, what does her contact want her to supply information about?

5. According to Helene, who was "shuttling them in and out of that motel like the dailies"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the hypnotist Maria sees tell her about her problems and how does she react?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is significant about Maria's meeting with Les Goodwin the day of her abortion?

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

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?

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