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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 does William Livingston III force his housekeeper to do?
(a) Take his money earned in criminal enterprises to the bank to deposit it for him.
(b) Cook him only gluten-free meals.
(c) Perform a sexual act on him.
(d) Buy drugs on the street for him.

2. Who comes to the strip club only to watch Sarah dance?
(a) James Michaels.
(b) Alvarez.
(c) Father Michael Patrick Minty.
(d) William Livingston III.

3. Who does a frigid woman surround herself with in the story "Difficult Women"?
(a) She has a husband and child who sometimes gang up on her.
(b) Her work colleagues.
(c) Many different kinds of men.
(d) Her siblings.

4. Why do Savvie and Carolina not need to work or worry about money?
(a) A jury awarded them each a large amount of money because of their ordeal.
(b) Their parents support them.
(c) They invented a very valuable device and live on the royalties from their invention.
(d) They have a trust fund.

5. What is one part of her new community that Marcy enjoys participating in?
(a) The knitting classes.
(b) Fitness classes.
(c) The job training program.
(d) Happy hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tricia judge the people she cleans houses for?

2. What trauma has Kate suffered before she meets her new boyfriend in Michigan?

3. Where are Tricia and her family from?

4. In the story "La Negra Blanca," what name does Sarah go by at the strip club where she works?

5. What does William Livingston III do to Sarah at her apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sarah let everyone assume she is white in the story "La Negra Blanca"?

2. What shocking realization does the narrator come to at the end of "The Mark of Cain"?

3. What do all the women in the narrator's and Tate's "fight club" seem to get out of the experience in "Baby Arm"?

4. How does Tricia judge the clients she cleans houses for in the story "Florida"?

5. Why does Sarah, who goes by Sierra at work, perform at a strip club?

6. What is the basis of Carolina's and Savvie's strong bond in "I Will Follow You"?

7. When does the narrator begin to think that Cassie, Jacob's girlfriend, may be smarter than she seems?

8. Why does Magnus get angry with Kate and ignore her calls for weeks?

9. In "Difficult Women," what does Gay say a loose woman sees in the mirror and why?

10. Why do Savvie and Carolina not have to worry about money or finances?

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