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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. The unnamed narrator reveals that she has been married how many times in her life?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

2. In what city did the unnamed narrator fall in love with John?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Lincoln.

3. On the wall of the unnamed narrator's childhood home, there is a tabloid clipping picturing which of her family members "on the arm of Rudolph Valentino" (55)?
(a) Her great-grandmother.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her second cousin.

4. The unnamed narrator states that she realized only later that Artemisia had been "trapped in a" what "of her own design" (27)?
(a) Hedge maze.
(b) Carnival.
(c) Closet.
(d) Corridor.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into what type of receptacle did the unnamed narrator urinate in an expression of anger toward John?

2. What was happening in the unnamed narrator's life when her newly-divorced friend Laura moved in with the unnamed narrator's parents?

3. What kind of school was the unnamed narrator attending when she met her friend Laura?

4. What tool did the unnamed narrator and her dark-haired friend use to combat their discomfort with a particular element of life?

5. The unnamed narrator asserts that she and her dark-haired friend both loathed what element of life, even as they "understood its necessity" (48)?

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