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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. The unnamed narrator estimates that her conversation with the lawyer featured in Santa Barbara took place around what time of night?
(a) 11 or 11:30.
(b) 8 or 8:30.
(c) 7 or 7:30.
(d) 10 or 10:30.

2. During the unnamed narrator's adolescence, what is NOT mentioned as an object she and other young women were urged to carry?
(a) A can of pepper spray.
(b) A knife.
(c) A set of keys.
(d) A whistle.

3. What adjective did the unnamed narrator use to describe her husband John in a conversation with her one-night stand?
(a) Fun.
(b) Oblivious.
(c) Dumb.
(d) Nice.

4. The unnamed narrator states in San Francisco, 2012 that, "Knowing someone is" how many "parts divination" (74)?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

5. How does the unnamed narrator describe the motility of John's sperm?
(a) Normal.
(b) Moderate.
(c) Low.
(d) High.

Short Answer Questions

1. At which location had Dominique first met Fran, according to the unnamed narrator?

2. In what period of time was the unnamed narrator an adolescent?

3. Dominique told the unnamed narrator that she was how old when she got pregnant with an older man's child?

4. Which of the four women was the oldest, with the unnamed narrator stating the woman was in her early forties at the time?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What tactics did the unnamed narrator use to help herself summon enthusiasm about pursuing a pregnancy with John?

2. How did the unnamed narrator always feel about the prospect of having a baby?

3. What three feelings does the unnamed narrator recall feeling when John expressed interest in marriage counseling?

4. What did the unnamed narrator do for a living during her marriage to John?

5. What are the contents of the story that the woman in Santa Barbara told the unnamed narrator as they swam in the ocean?

6. In what way does the unnamed narrator find her previous view of intimacy problematic?

7. What act does the unnamed narrator describe as having been attractive due to its promise of "finite pleasure" (180)?

8. In what way does Popkey suggest that the reader unpack their own reactions to the life events of the woman in Santa Barbara?

9. What object does the unnamed narrator's mother give to her in the section entitled Los Angeles, 2012 and why?

10. How does the unnamed narrator answer her own question about why people confide in her?

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