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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 - 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the volume of the movie that man watches in the next room where Maria has her abortion turned up?
(a) The dial is broken.
(b) So that she could hear it.
(c) Because the man is deaf.
(d) To drown out any screaming.

2. What city does Maria have her abortion in?
(a) Encino.
(b) Oceanside.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Las Vegas.

3. What does she buy at Saks that she can't fit into her Corvette?
(a) A rocking chair.
(b) A changing table.
(c) A bassinette.
(d) A stroller.

4. When Maria visits Kate at the hospital and warns the nurse about Kate's nightmares, what does Maria realize about getting an abortion?
(a) That she expected she wouldn't go through with it.
(b) That she expected she would get pregnant again.
(c) That she expected it wouldn't be her last.
(d) That she expected to die.

5. How does BZ respond when Maria asks him if he ever gets tired of doing favors for people?
(a) "I get something back."
(b) "For you, I'll do anything."
(c) "Never."
(d) "You don't know how tired."

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Maria, what was "something no one in the city liked to be near"?

2. What does BZ tell Maria about an actress who was admitted to UCLA Neuropsychiatric?

3. What is the name of the street where the doctor Maria went to see about the pregnancy practices?

4. As the novel opens, whom does Helene say she does NOT visit Maria at the hospital for?

5. Whom does Freddy Chaikin tell Maria he will show film to if she wants to work again?

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