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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. When the unnamed narrator began to see her life options dwindling, she often dreamt of living alone and sitting in what location?
(a) On her front porch.
(b) In her living room.
(c) On her twin bed.
(d) At her kitchen table.

2. While the unnamed narrator had a discussion with the lawyer featured in Santa Barbara, 2016, her babysitter had expected her how long ago?
(a) Days.
(b) Minutes.
(c) Hours.
(d) Weeks.

3. The unnamed narrator used to mix what kind of alcohol with her coffee each morning, as portrayed within Santa Barbara, 2016?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Rum.
(c) Kahlua.
(d) Bourbon.

4. What job did the unnamed narrator tell the other women belonged to the man with whom she had had an affair?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Street sweeper.
(c) Dentist.
(d) Professor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many months did the unnamed narrator's affair with the married man last?

2. The unnamed narrator states in San Francisco, 2012 that taking what action is "difficult and painful" (95)?

3. Before the unnamed narrator saw her future one-night stand's face, he grabbed onto what part of her body?

4. The man at the hotel told the unnamed narrator that when a woman takes what action, he knows that he must untie her and allow her to leave?

5. Which of the four women at the gathering got angry and stormed out when it became clear that no one cared to hear her story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What method did the unnamed narrator eventually use to end her marriage and why?

2. For what reason did the unnamed narrator decide not to become friends with Dominique?

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

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

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

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

7. What is the setting of the section entitled Fresno, 2014 and which three new characters are introduced?

8. Discuss an element of the unnamed narrator's writing voice that shares qualities with her speaking voice.

9. Discuss at least one negative coping mechanism that the unnamed narrator uses once she has gotten sober.

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

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