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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Los Angeles, 2017 and San Joaquin Valley, 2017 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of alcohol did the unnamed narrator used to drink as she kept watch over her sleeping young son?
(a) Rum.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Bourbon.
(d) Gin.

2. What emotion did the unnamed narrator feel when Artemisia finished her story in the section entitled Italy, 2000?
(a) Pity.
(b) Admiration.
(c) Shame.
(d) Anger.

3. According to the unnamed narrator, she realized after leaving John that what element is never "dead and buried" (95)?
(a) Resentment.
(b) The past.
(c) Unrequited love.
(d) Deception.

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

5. How many possible options does the unnamed narrator provide for a particular short story's protagonist at the end of the novel Topics of Conversation?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which season did the unnamed narrator have a discussion with the lawyer who claimed to have abandoned her child?

2. What object did the unnamed narrator leave on her mother's table like a "suggestion" (193) at the end of the section entitled Los Angeles, 2017?

3. When the section entitled Santa Barbara, 2016 begins, the unnamed narrator describes taking what action with another woman?

4. Including the two times per month that the unnamed narrator and John were having sex, how many times per month did she allow him to touch her?

5. In what city do the unnamed narrator's parents live in the house where they raised their daughter?

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