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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through San Francisco, 2010 and Los Angeles 2011 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which character did the unnamed narrator live in 2002?
(a) John.
(b) Laura.
(c) The blonde.
(d) Camila.

2. Into what type of receptacle did the unnamed narrator urinate in an expression of anger toward John?
(a) A trash can.
(b) A teapot.
(c) A bucket.
(d) A coffee mug.

3. The unnamed narrator states in the section entitled Los Angeles, 2011 that she dislikes discussing which subject?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Her religious beliefs.
(c) Her childhood.
(d) Her political beliefs.

4. In what city do the unnamed narrator's parents live in the house where they raised their daughter?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Fresno.
(d) Boston.

5. The first section of the novel Topics of Conversation is set in which month of 2000?
(a) September.
(b) June.
(c) August.
(d) July.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator states that she realized only later that Artemisia had been "trapped in a" what "of her own design" (27)?

2. Laura said that Dylan's story about his childhood had made her think he was taking what action in regard to intimacy?

3. What kind of school was the unnamed narrator attending when she met her now-ex-husband John?

4. The unnamed narrator sometimes thinks that "one of the things [Artemisia] was trying to tell her" (27) was the unhappy status of her what?

5. In what capacity did the unnamed narrator work for her friend Camila's family in the summer of 2000?

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