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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 asserts that she and her dark-haired friend both loathed what element of life, even as they "understood its necessity" (48)?
(a) Intimacy.
(b) Vulnerability.
(c) Affection.
(d) Trust.

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

3. Which member of Camila's family rarely spoke to the unnamed narrator during the trip to Italy in 2000?
(a) Camila.
(b) Teo.
(c) Pablo.
(d) Tom.

4. What kind of school was the unnamed narrator attending when she met her friend Laura?
(a) Art school.
(b) Community college.
(c) Technical school.
(d) Graduate school.

5. The unnamed narrator states in the section entitled Los Angeles, 2011 that she dislikes discussing which subject?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Her political beliefs.
(c) Her childhood.
(d) Her religious beliefs.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Which character told the unnamed narrator and others a story in Ann Arbor, 2002 about the rape of an undergraduate by a graduate student?

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

4. In what discipline was the PhD that the unnamed narrator never finished?

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

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