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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 channel does Candy tell Sarah to watch for inspiration for her strip dances?
(a) CBS.
(b) BET.
(c) MTV.
(d) TNT.

2. Who is one of the twins' girlfriend in "The Mark of Cain"?
(a) Anna.
(b) Savvie.
(c) Cassie.
(d) Hanna.

3. What specific kind of reality television do the couple at 1217 Ridgewood Road like to watch?
(a) The Bachelor.
(b) Hoarders.
(c) Survivor.
(d) Extreme obesity and weight-loss shows.

4. 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.

5. What does Kate do for a living?
(a) She is a structural engineer.
(b) She is a mathematician.
(c) She is an English professor.
(d) She is a linguist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes Kate's boyfriend?

2. What kind of car does William Livingston III drive?

3. How does Bianca meet her husband?

4. What does a loose woman see in the mirror in the story "Difficult Women"?

5. Where does Alvarez work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marcy like about the exercise classes in the story "Florida"?

2. Why is Alvarez hesitant to get more involved with Sarah in "La Negra Blanca," even though he adores her?

3. What traumatic event did Kate experience with her long-term partner before meeting Magnus?

4. What do Bianca's parents do with her when she is a baby?

5. Why does Carolina tell Savvie she decided to marry Darryl?

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

7. What event eventually brings Kate and Magnus back together?

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

9. In the story "Difficult Women," what is it about death that makes girls more interesting?

10. Why does Bianca agree to go out with Dean and initially start a relationship with him?

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