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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 element does the unnamed narrator NOT include within her definition of female pain?
(a) Subjugation.
(b) Humiliation.
(c) Disassociation.
(d) Exploitation.

2. The unnamed narrator describes Artemisia's hair in the summer of 2000 as being what length?
(a) Medium.
(b) Shaved.
(c) Long.
(d) Short.

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

4. In which Italian coastal town did the unnamed narrator spend part of the summer of 2000?
(a) Sorrento.
(b) Rimini.
(c) Otranto.
(d) Scilla.

5. How many hours of supervised visitation with her children was the artist given as a result of the custody order?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 12.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator reflects in Los Angeles, 2011 that "every confidence is a kind of" (65) what?

2. With which character did the unnamed narrator live in 2002?

3. Which member of Camila's family rarely spoke to the unnamed narrator during the trip to Italy in 2000?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What distinction does the unnamed narrator make between "the woman as object" and "the woman as subject" (45)?

3. Discuss a moment in the novel when the unnamed narrator hints or states outright that she may be an unreliable narrator.

4. What was the outcome of the tenant's story in the section entitled Ann Arbor, 2002?

5. 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?

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

7. How does the unnamed narrator feel about the truth and lies, according to her statements in Los Angeles, 2011?

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

9. What does the telephone symbolize within the section of the novel entitled Italy, 2000?

10. How does the unnamed narrator explain her impulse to kiss Artemisia near the end of the section called Italy, 2000?

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