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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. 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 late to meet Les.
(c) Because she is in pain.
(d) Because she doesn't know her lines.

2. When Maria runs into Benny Austin at the casino, he tells her, the course of true love is never a straight ______.
(a) Arrow.
(b) Flush.
(c) Line.
(d) Path.

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

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

5. When Maria attends parties with occasional, third-string "faggots," why is she considered a "modest asset"?
(a) Because she is beautiful and understands the marginal distinctions which preoccupy them.
(b) Because she is beautiful and knows lots of famous stars.
(c) Because she listens to them and understands the marginal distinctions which preoccupy them.
(d) Because she listens to them and knpws lots of famous stars.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Vegas, what does she take that belongs to the actor that she sleeps with?

3. What happens to Susannah Wood three weeks after they've been in the desert so that Carter had to shoot around her bruise?

4. How many times has Helene been divorced?

5. When Maria tells Helene that they don't have to have lunch the day of the divorce hearing, what does Helene say?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When Ivan Costello returns Maria's phone call, how does he behave and what does it signify?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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