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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. Who asks the narrator to drive him to the airport in "Los Angeles"?
(a) The husband.
(b) Aaron.
(c) Herb.
(d) Fred.

2. What is unique about the name for yeti lovemaking in the story of the same title?
(a) It is accepted only in Nepal.
(b) There is no phonetic translation.
(c) It is very common.
(d) It is forbidden.

3. What does Beatrice have trouble doing in the end of the story "G"?
(a) Getting dressed.
(b) Speaking.
(c) Singing.
(d) Getting on a plane.

4. How does the narrator think Adam looks as she is leaving his apartment in "Oranges"?
(a) Sad.
(b) Happy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Trapped.

5. What does Bonnie do in the story "G" that betrays Beatrice?
(a) Sleeps with Beatrice's boyfriend while invisible.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Undermines her college application.
(d) Steals money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bonnie like G at first?

2. What does Beatrice tell Bonnie is her speciality in the story "G" when Bonnie complains that Beatrice waited a long time to tell her she was leaving?

3. In "Los Angeles," how do the narrator and her husband sometimes get to fancy restaurants?

4. What does Beatrice ask for Bonnie's help with at the end of the story "G"?

5. What song does the narrator put on while with the yeti in "Yeti Lovemaking"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Los Angeles," how does the narrator meet her husband?

2. What does the yeti give the narrator in "Yeti Lovemaking" before they make love?

3. How does Beatrice finally seem to free herself from her mother's pressures and influence?

4. Why does Beatrice eventually have a falling-out with Bonnie?

5. What can happen that is dangerous with G in terms of dosing in "G"?

6. How old is the yeti in "Yeti Lovemaking"?

7. How does Beth react to the narrator's intrusion in "Oranges"?

8. What do the narrator's ex-boyfriends do for her children in "Los Angeles"?

9. What is the best part of taking G according to Beatrice in "G"?

10. How does the narrator think Adam looks at the end of the story "Oranges"?

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