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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Brown.

2. Into what type of receptacle did the unnamed narrator urinate in an expression of anger toward John?
(a) A trash can.
(b) A coffee mug.
(c) A teapot.
(d) A bucket.

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

4. An excerpt from which famous writer's journal is used as an epigraph for Topics of Conversation?
(a) Virginia Woolf.
(b) Kate Chopin.
(c) Sylvia Plath.
(d) Mark Twain.

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

6. 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 head.
(c) Her back.
(d) Her knee.

7. What was happening in the unnamed narrator's life when her newly-divorced friend Laura moved in with the unnamed narrator's parents?
(a) She was trying to have a baby with her husband.
(b) She was trying to get a new job.
(c) She and her husband were selling their home.
(d) She was going to college.

8. 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) Laura gave up her job opportunity.
(c) They got a divorce.
(d) They spent half their time in one place and half in another.

9. Laura said that Dylan's story about his childhood had made her think he was taking what action in regard to intimacy?
(a) Closing a door.
(b) Closing a window.
(c) Opening a window.
(d) Opening a door.

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

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

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

13. What did the artist's husband use as evidence against her during their custody dispute?
(a) Her journals.
(b) Her art.
(c) Her criminal record.
(d) Her financial records.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In which city did the unnamed narrator live when she left for a trip in Italy in the summer of 2000?

3. What kind of school was the unnamed narrator attending when she met her now-ex-husband John?

4. How many other people were interacting with the art exhibition at the same time as the unnamed narrator and her dark-haired friend?

5. How does the unnamed narrator describe the temperature of the nighttime air she encountered as she walked home at the end of Ann Arbor, 2002?

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