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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the hospital, what does Maria try NOT to think about?
(a) Dead things and plumbing.
(b) The ocean and newspapers.
(c) Winter mornings and ice tea.
(d) Movies and red roses.

2. How is Maria playing on the lawn with the baby as Carter recalls in the beginning of the novel?
(a) She is tossing water to her.
(b) She is picking dandelions for her.
(c) She is blowing bubbles to her.
(d) She is tossing a ball to her.

3. What is the name of the street where the doctor Maria went to see about the pregnancy practices?
(a) Sunset.
(b) Wilshire.
(c) Melrose.
(d) Hollywood.

4. What is the name of Maria's father's business partner?
(a) Bob Allen.
(b) Allen Bob.
(c) Austin Benny.
(d) Benny Austin.

5. Why does Maria tell BZ that Larry Kulik is going to die in a barber chair?
(a) Because he will collapse from being obese.
(b) Because he will be killed by the gangsters he works for.
(c) Because she had a vision about it.
(d) Because he told her that's the way he wanted to go.

Short Answer Questions

1. At Anita Garson's party, what is the young girl Larry Kulik is watching doing?

2. What was the studio cut of the second picture Carter made with Maria?

3. What does the man who doesn't like artificial lemon juice at BZ and Helene's do for a living?

4. Why does Maria prefer the studio cut of the second picture Carter made with her?

5. What does BZ do with the first picture that Carter made with Maria that she doesn't like?

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