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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 she is at an affair with Beauchamp, to whom does DeDe confide that she is indeed pregnant?
(a) Mary Ann.
(b) Beauchamp.
(c) Lionel.
(d) Binky.

2. When Mary Ann is out with Norman after the movie, why is she humiliated?
(a) She leaves the bathroom with her skirt stuck in her stockings.
(b) She leaves the bathroom with toilet paper on her shoe.
(c) A waiter yells at her to wash her hands.
(d) A waiter spills food on her blouse.

3. When does Edgar tell Mrs. Madrigal that he will arrive at her party?
(a) He will come when he is finished with Williams.
(b) He will come after he has a kidney treatment.
(c) He will come early to help set up.
(d) He will come after he has dinner with Frannie.

4. At his brunch with Mary Ann, what does Norman say is his relationship to Lexy?
(a) Lexy is his girlfriend's friend.
(b) Lexy is his friend's daughter.
(c) Lexy is his friend's girlfriend.
(d) Lexy is his daughter's friend.

5. When DeDe returns home after losing weight, what does Beauchamp tell her?
(a) The he has been working hard.
(b) That he wants a divorce.
(c) That he has been spending time with Edgar.
(d) That he is in love with Peter.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Mary Ann go trick or treating?

2. What is Candi's job?

3. How does Mona react to D'orothea's long telephone conversations with her friends back in New York?

4. When Mary Ann breaks into Norman's apartment, where does she look?

5. Where does Brian meet D'orothea?

Short Essay Questions

1. The reader learns that Norman is a private investigator. What other information does the telephone conversation between him and Mrs. Ramsey reveal?

2. Briefly discuss the parallels between Frannie's Great Dane and Edgar.

3. Edgar meets Beauchamp and tells him something in strictest confidence. What is the reader supposed to think that Edgar told him?

4. What happens during the encounter between DeDe and Carson Callas?

5. What happens to Mary Ann when she and Norman are in Chinatown after the movie?

6. What does Norman Neal Williams reveal to Mary Ann in the car during the trick or treating outing?

7. What two things does Mona do in an attempt to make something of her relationship with D'orothea?

8. What happens when Mona tells Michael that she is moving out?

9. What information is revealed during the conversation with Mona and D'orothea's father at the factory?

10. Summarize the conversation between Edgar and Mrs. Madrigal at the Bohemian Grove.

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