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

2. What does Maria throw out in order to insure bleeding?
(a) Tampax.
(b) Aspirin.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Bed sheets.

3. According to Helene, what is often true of selfish women?
(a) They drive very fast.
(b) They don't put on weight.
(c) They don't smoke.
(d) They drink heavily.

4. According to Maria, "_______always spoke on the telephone as if a spurious urgency could mask her radical lack of interest in talking to anyone."
(a) Felicia.
(b) Carlotta.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Helene.

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) "You don't know how tired."
(c) "Never."
(d) "For you, I'll do anything."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helene see Maria wearing when she visits the hospital as the novel opens?

2. Why does Freddy Chaikin say to Maria that he was surprised to hear that she wanted to work again?

3. Maria claimed she was raised to believe that what came in on the next roll would always be _____ than what went out on the last.

4. The season in New York, where Maria lost so much weight the agency wouldn't book her, what did she see every time she looked at food?

5. In the elevator of Freddy Chaikin's office, who tells Maria, "The word on Carter's dailies is sensational"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Carter tell Maria tell Kate that it is not good for her to visit Kate unannounced and what does it reveal about Kate's treatment?

2. When Freddy offers Maria an opportunity for Morty Landau to see film of her, what does her response indicate about her priorities?

3. What kind of man was Maria's father and what impact did it have on Maria?

4. Where did Maria grow up and why is it significant?

5. What is the location of Maria's abortion and what does it represent?

6. What does Maria do when she moves to New York and why is it significant?

7. When Maria asks if Carter and she are separated when he returns home, how does he respond and why is it significant?

8. Who is Paulette and what is Maria's relationship to her?

9. How does BZ respond to Maria's inquiries about whom Carter is sleeping with and what does it signify?

10. What does Maria's unannounced visit to her agent, Freddy Chaikin, reveal about her profession as an actress and the business of movie-making?

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