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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The unnamed narrator states in Los Angeles, 2011 that it is "Remarkable how hard it is for women to admit they're" (63) what?
(a) Angry.
(b) Sad.
(c) Bored.
(d) Tired.

3. The tenant stated that the graduate student dated the undergraduate for how long before he raped her at a party?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 3 months.

4. The final sentence of Ann Arbor, 2002 describes the unnamed narrator's plan to take what action when she gets home?
(a) Eat.
(b) Read.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Play music.

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

6. In what discipline was the PhD that the unnamed narrator never finished?
(a) Film analysis.
(b) English literature.
(c) Linguistics.
(d) Creative writing.

7. 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) John.
(c) Laura.
(d) The blonde.

8. In what state did Laura accept a fellowship around the same time the unnamed narrator moved away?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Pennsylvania.

9. From what country did the artist featured in San Francisco, 2010 originally hail?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Sweden.

10. The unnamed narrator recalls wondering "what it would feel like to push" which character "over the edge" (60) of the abyss?
(a) Dylan.
(b) Laura.
(c) Dominique.
(d) John.

11. At the end of the section entitled San Francisco 2010, the unnamed narrator recalls having forgotten that her dark-haired friend had eyes of what color?
(a) Hazel.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

12. 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) Closet.
(c) Corridor.
(d) Carnival.

13. 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) Affection.
(b) Intimacy.
(c) Vulnerability.
(d) Trust.

14. 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) They moved to California anyway.
(c) They got a divorce.
(d) Laura gave up her job opportunity.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the artist's husband use as evidence against her during their custody dispute?

3. The unnamed narrator's boyfriend in the summer of 2000 used to be her what?

4. The unnamed narrator describes Artemisia's hair in the summer of 2000 as being what length?

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

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