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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Green.
(d) Blue.

3. How many other people were interacting with the art exhibition at the same time as the unnamed narrator and her dark-haired friend?
(a) 0.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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

5. In what capacity did the unnamed narrator work for her friend Camila's family in the summer of 2000?
(a) Nanny.
(b) Cook.
(c) Concierge.
(d) Personal assistant.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator asserts that she and her dark-haired friend both loathed what element of life, even as they "understood its necessity" (48)?

2. The tenant stated that the graduate student dated the undergraduate for how long before he raped her at a party?

3. What does the unnamed narrator cite as "the Perez family policy" (11)?

4. As the unnamed narrator walked home from the tenant's apartment in Ann Arbor, 2002, she looked forward to drinking what type of alcohol upon arriving home?

5. The unnamed narrator states in the section entitled Los Angeles, 2011 that she dislikes discussing which subject?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information about the unnamed narrator's romantic life does the reader learn in Italy, 2000?

2. Describe the four characters featured at the center of the gathering in Ann Arbor, 2002.

3. For what reason did the unnamed narrator see little of Camila during the trip to Italy?

4. Describe the interactive element of the Swedish artist's exhibition.

5. What was the subject of the Swedish artist's creations, according to the unnnamed narrator?

6. What emotion does the unnamed narrator name as one that is difficult for women to express?

7. For what reason does the unnamed narrator use a hedge maze as a metaphor for Artemisia's life?

8. In what way does Popkey send a message about the dangers of complying with patriarchy-fueled gender norms in the section entitled Ann Arbor, 2002?

9. How does the unnamed narrator define "female pain" (43) and what expertise does she have in this subject?

10. Discuss an instance when Popkey uses the second person point of view to connect with the reader.

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