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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the four women in the group told her story first in the section entitled Fresno, 2014?
(a) Fran.
(b) Dominique.
(c) Sandra.
(d) The unnamed narrator.

2. What is NOT one of the feelings the unnamed narrator had toward John after she confessed to her infidelity?
(a) Pain.
(b) Pity.
(c) Disgust.
(d) Anger.

3. The unnamed narrator complained to her role-playing partner that he sounded like a movie made by which director?
(a) Coppola.
(b) Kubrick.
(c) Scorsese.
(d) Ford.

4. The unnamed narrator continually ate what kind of food throughout the gathering of mothers of infants?
(a) Pizza.
(b) Saltines.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Chips.

5. When the unnamed narrator tells the group of women about the professor's control of her, she tells a story about what object?
(a) A bottle cap.
(b) A car.
(c) A cloud.
(d) A bed.

6. What kind of meal did the unnamed narrator eat before she and the man at the hotel had sex?
(a) A steak.
(b) A stack of pancakes.
(c) A piece of pie.
(d) A cheeseburger.

7. The unnamed narrator states in San Francisco, 2012 that taking what action is "difficult and painful" (95)?
(a) Pausing.
(b) Growing.
(c) Starting over.
(d) Apologizing.

8. Which object does the unnamed narrator use in a metaphor describing her admission of adultery to John?
(a) A splinter.
(b) A bruise.
(c) A needle.
(d) An axe.

9. Which of the four women at the gathering featured in Fresno, 2014 is French and South African?
(a) Dominque.
(b) Sandra.
(c) Fran.
(d) The unnamed narrator.

10. What type of transportation did the unnamed narrator start to obsessively use during her affair with a married professor?
(a) Bicycle.
(b) Subway.
(c) Horse-drawn carriage.
(d) Motorcycle.

11. In what period of time was the unnamed narrator an adolescent?
(a) The late Eighties.
(b) The early Eighties.
(c) The early Nineties.
(d) The late Nineties.

12. Which poet's name did the unnamed narrator's role-playing partner fail to recognize?
(a) Stein.
(b) Auden.
(c) Rich.
(d) Plath.

13. What name did the unnamed narrator call herself during her conversation with her one-night stand at the hotel?
(a) Whore.
(b) Bitch.
(c) Harpy.
(d) Monster.

14. The unnamed narrator's role-playing partner first takes on the role of a man in what position?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Hedge fund broker.
(c) President.
(d) Doctor.

15. On what day of the week does the section entitled Santa Barbara, 2016 take place?
(a) Monday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Friday.

Short Answer Questions

1. Including the two times per month that the unnamed narrator and John were having sex, how many times per month did she allow him to touch her?

2. What two things does the unnamed narrator state that she has always wanted?

3. What pseudonym did the unnamed narrator use when she told the other women about her affair with a married professor?

4. WIth whom did the lawyer featured in Santa Barbara, 2016 leave her son when she left?

5. In the unnamed narrator's story about liking the professor's methods of domination, she says he had told her not to take what action?

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