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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maria determine men really pay money for?

2. What is Maria's struggle in prostitution?

3. Who does Maria speak to in the bar she enters when searching for a new job?

4. What does Maria find out at the end of her adolescent years?

5. Where does Maria go upon her arrival at her vacation destination?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Maria and the man she meets on the beach overcome their language barrier.

2. Describe why Maria leaves her hometown in Brazil.

3. Describe the three roles Maria takes when she works.

4. Explain how Maria feels about taking the job in Switzerland.

5. What is significant about what Maria remembers the girls at Roger's club telling her?

6. Describe what the girls at Copacabana advise Maria on and her reaction to it?

7. What does Maria dream about whenever she returns home?

8. Describe Ralf Hart.

9. Describe Maria's calculations of the time she spends with a customer.

10. Describe how the novel begins.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the initial intimate experiences Maria has with Ralf with those that Maria has with Terence.

Essay Topic 2

Describe how the Latin culture's mentality of living differs from Maria's mentality of living. What does the culture place great importance on that Maria disregards?

Essay Topic 3

What does the library represent to Maria? Explain how the library symbolizes her own dreams and desires?

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