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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Los Angeles, 2017 and San Joaquin Valley, 2017 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what capacity did the unnamed narrator work for her friend Camila's family in the summer of 2000?
(a) Concierge.
(b) Nanny.
(c) Personal assistant.
(d) Cook.

2. What activity did the unnamed narrator once rely upon in order to calm her nerves?
(a) Singing.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Driving.
(d) Writing.

3. One of the artist's exhibitions featured photographs of her recreating poses of which person from her life?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her mother.

4. What type of punctuation marks does Popkey refrain from using throughout the novel?
(a) Commas.
(b) Question marks.
(c) Quotation marks.
(d) Periods.

5. What was happening in the unnamed narrator's life when her newly-divorced friend Laura moved in with the unnamed narrator's parents?
(a) She was trying to have a baby with her husband.
(b) She and her husband were selling their home.
(c) She was trying to get a new job.
(d) She was going to college.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what room of the house does the unnamed narrator's father spend most of his time?

2. The unnamed narrator reveals what detail about her only child in the section entitled Los Angeles, 2011?

3. What kind of people-mover did the unnamed narrator begin to use obsessively during her affair with a married man?

4. The unnamed narrator walked out to her car with which character after the gathering of mothers had concluded?

5. Whose literary work was the unnamed narrator reading during the summer of 2000?

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