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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What transgression did the unnamed narrator commit during the time she was trying to conceive a child with her husband?
(a) She gossiped.
(b) She cheated.
(c) She lied.
(d) She stole.

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

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

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

5. The unnamed narrator reveals what detail about her only child in the section entitled Los Angeles, 2011?
(a) The child's father is not John.
(b) The child's father is not alive.
(c) The child's father is not Jeff.
(d) The child's father is not Robert.

6. Artemisia told the unnamed narrator that Virgilio had committed what crime against her?
(a) Theft.
(b) Assault.
(c) Slander.
(d) Attempted murder.

7. What did the artist do to protest the custody arrangements that had been handed down by the court?
(a) She moved back to Sweden.
(b) She hosted a rally.
(c) She instigated a boycott of her husband's goods.
(d) She moved back to Ireland.

8. At the time of the art exhibition described in San Francisco, 2012, the unnamed narrator was which of the following?
(a) Single, never having been married.
(b) Divorced.
(c) Married to her first husband.
(d) Divorced from her second husband.

9. Laura told the unnamed narrator that for a man, "telling people what you want makes you" (60) what?
(a) Powerful.
(b) Weak.
(c) Stupid.
(d) Angry.

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

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

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

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

14. 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) 3 months.
(d) 2 months.

15. The unnamed narrator shouted at Tom and Teo for the first time on which night during her period of working for Camila's family?
(a) The eighth.
(b) The first.
(c) The tenth.
(d) The third.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator states that Artemisia was how old in the summer of 2000?

2. In which Italian coastal town did the unnamed narrator spend part of the summer of 2000?

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

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

5. What type of media was embedded within the art installation with which the unnamed narrator and her dark-haired friend interacted?

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