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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. 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. In what part of the United States did the unnamed narrator attend graduate school, as described in Ann Arbor, 2002?
(a) The Midwest.
(b) The Northwest.
(c) The Northeast.
(d) The Southwest.

3. What does the unnamed narrator cite as "the Perez family policy" (11)?
(a) Honesty.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Humor.
(d) Vibrance.

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

5. Which character told the unnamed narrator and others a story in Ann Arbor, 2002 about the rape of an undergraduate by a graduate student?
(a) The tenant.
(b) The blonde.
(c) John.
(d) Laura.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many brothers did Camila have during the unnamed narrator's trip to Italy in 2000?

2. Artemisia told the unnamed narrator that she attended which college at the time she dated Virgilio?

3. Which member of Camila's family rarely spoke to the unnamed narrator during the trip to Italy in 2000?

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

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

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