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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Italy, 2000 and Ann Arbor, 2002.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Artemisia's advice to the unnamed narrator was that children crave what?
(a) Disapproval.
(b) Boundaries.
(c) Independence.
(d) Affection.

2. Artemisia and Pablo were originally from which country?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Chile.
(c) Jamaica.
(d) Peru.

3. How many brothers did Camila have during the unnamed narrator's trip to Italy in 2000?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

4. As the unnamed narrator walked home from the tenant's apartment in Ann Arbor, 2002, she looked forward to drinking what type of alcohol upon arriving home?
(a) Gin.
(b) Bourbon.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Rum.

5. In which city did the unnamed narrator live when she left for a trip in Italy in the summer of 2000?
(a) Carmel.
(b) New York City.
(c) Sunnyvale.
(d) San Francisco.

Short Answer Questions

1. Artemisia told the unnamed narrator that most psychologists "theorize the commonality of the so-called rape fantasy among heterosexual women as linked to" (24) what?

2. How does the narrator say it makes her feel when someone tells her "a story, a secret, a sharing of confidence" (27)?

3. In which subject did the unnamed narrator major for her undergraduate degree?

4. The first section of the novel Topics of Conversation is set in which month of 2000?

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

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