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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of school was the unnamed narrator attending when she met her now-ex-husband John?
(a) Technical school.
(b) Art school.
(c) Graduate school.
(d) Community college.

3. Whose literary work was the unnamed narrator reading during the summer of 2000?
(a) Virginia Woolf.
(b) Jodi Picoult.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Sylvia Plath.

4. The unnamed narrator reflects in Los Angeles, 2011 that "every confidence is a kind of" (65) what?
(a) Lie.
(b) Manipulation.
(c) Request.
(d) Plea.

5. When Laura got a new job in California and her husband Dylan did not want to move, what did they do?
(a) They moved to California anyway.
(b) They got a divorce.
(c) Laura gave up her job opportunity.
(d) They spent half their time in one place and half in another.

6. 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) Sad.
(b) Angry.
(c) Bored.
(d) Tired.

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

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

9. For which method of transportation did the unnamed narrator advocate during her discussion with her tall, dark-haired friend?
(a) Riding a train.
(b) Hiring a car.
(c) Boating.
(d) Bicycling.

10. With which character did the unnamed narrator live in 2002?
(a) Laura.
(b) John.
(c) The blonde.
(d) Camila.

11. What is NOT a quality the unnamed narrator ascribed to Artemisia during the summer of 2000?
(a) Wise.
(b) Naive.
(c) Untouchable.
(d) Old.

12. On what part of the unnamed narrator's body did Artemisia place her hand, as described at the end of Italy, 2000?
(a) Her shoulder.
(b) Her back.
(c) Her head.
(d) Her knee.

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

14. The unnamed narrator states that Artemisia was how old in the summer of 2000?
(a) 38.
(b) 55.
(c) 44.
(d) 52.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the artist's exhibitions featured photographs of her recreating poses of which person from her life?

2. The unnamed narrator sometimes thinks that "one of the things [Artemisia] was trying to tell her" (27) was the unhappy status of her what?

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

4. Laura said that Dylan's story about his childhood had made her think he was taking what action in regard to intimacy?

5. The tenant described disliking her acquaintance because she had retained what quality throughout her first few college years?

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