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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. How old does a man have to be before Holly will get excited about him?

2. How does the narrator describe Holly's voice?

3. Where is the narrator always drawn back to?

4. What do Holly and the narrator steal?

5. What food does Holly survive on based on her trash can contents?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator react to her Thursday visits?

2. Describe the narrator's first New York apartment.

3. How does Holly describe her childhood to the narrator?

4. Who is Mag Wildwood?

5. Why is Mr. Yunioshi angry at Holly, and how does she calm him down?

6. What did Holly do to O.J.Berman in the past to make him angry?

7. Describe O.J. Berman.

8. Describe Holly Golightly based on the narrator's description.

9. What are the "mean reds" according to Holly?

10. What wakes up the narrator after he has been living at the brownstone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of Christmas in the novella "Breakfast at Tiffany's". What important events occur on or around Christmas? Why would Capote choose to have these events fall on Christmas?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the climax of the novel. What is a climax in a story, and what can be considered the climax of "Breakfast at Tiffany's"? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Holly's desire for freedom. How is her life affected by this need for freedom? Discuss Holly's apartment, as well as her relationships with others.

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