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

2. At which location had Dominique first met Fran, according to the unnamed narrator?
(a) The grocery store.
(b) Church.
(c) Their apartment building.
(d) School.

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

4. What kind of people-mover did the unnamed narrator begin to use obsessively during her affair with a married man?
(a) Escalator.
(b) Conveyor belt.
(c) Elevator.
(d) Tram.

5. 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) Professor.
(d) Dentist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name did the unnamed narrator call herself in the bathroom at the gathering after she thought disparagingly about Sandra's story?

2. On which page of the section entitled San Francisco, 2012 is it revealed that the unnamed narrator and an unnamed man are role-playing?

3. The unnamed narrator describes Fran's speech as being like a what?

4. At what time did the unnamed narrator arrive at a hotel with the intention of having a one-night stand?

5. The unnamed narrator believes that people confide in her because she is "good at keeping" what "quiet" (167)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. For what reason did the unnamed narrator make several attempts to commit adultery before she was successful?

6. What worldview did Fran express during her tirade depicted in Fresno, 2014 and how does the narrator now view Fran's comments?

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

8. How does Popkey employ a metaphor to indicate the pain the unnamed narrator caused John with her infidelity?

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

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

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