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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through San Francisco, 2012 and Los Angeles, 2012.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the unnamed narrator in the summer of 2000?
(a) 17.
(b) 19.
(c) 21.
(d) 23.

2. Laura told the unnamed narrator that for a man, "telling people what you want makes you" (60) what?
(a) Stupid.
(b) Angry.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Weak.

3. One of the artist's exhibitions featured photographs of her recreating poses of which person from her life?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her mother.

4. At what time did the unnamed narrator arrive at a hotel with the intention of having a one-night stand?
(a) 9 or 10 in the evening.
(b) 4 or 5 in the afternoon.
(c) 2 or 3 in the morning.
(d) 11 or 12 at night.

5. The final sentence of Ann Arbor, 2002 describes the unnamed narrator's plan to take what action when she gets home?
(a) Read.
(b) Play music.
(c) Eat.
(d) Sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does the unnamed narrator use to describe John's reaction to her admission that she had been unfaithful?

2. What did the unnamed narrator find out when she visited the fertility doctor to get checked out?

3. An excerpt from which famous writer's journal is used as an epigraph for Topics of Conversation?

4. What kind of drink did the unnamed narrator order when she sat down at the hotel bar?

5. What kind of meal did the unnamed narrator eat before she and the man at the hotel had sex?

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