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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. How does the narrator say it makes her feel when someone tells her "a story, a secret, a sharing of confidence" (27)?
(a) Nostalgic.
(b) Covetous.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Amorous.

2. When the unnamed narrator tells the story of her one-night stand from the beginning, what type of music drew her into a fancy hotel?
(a) Swing.
(b) Rock.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Salsa.

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

4. When Laura got a new job in California and her husband Dylan did not want to move, what did they do?
(a) They spent half their time in one place and half in another.
(b) Laura gave up her job opportunity.
(c) They got a divorce.
(d) They moved to California anyway.

5. Who told a story at the gathering about seeing an example of real love inside a Home Depot store?
(a) Fran.
(b) Sandra.
(c) Dominique.
(d) The unnamed narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The unnamed narrator states in San Francisco, 2012 that taking what action is "difficult and painful" (95)?

3. How old was the unnamed narrator in the summer of 2000?

4. The unnamed narrator once read that all onscreen what tends to "argue inevitably for itself" (203)?

5. What pseudonym did the unnamed narrator use when she told the other women about her affair with a married professor?

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