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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. What is the name of the movie that Holly was supposed to be in?

2. What causes the narrator to become so excited as to pound on Holly's door?

3. What promise does Holly keep to Mr. Yunioshi?

4. According to Holly, what drink goes with apples?

5. Where does Holly have to go on Thursdays?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the story about that Joe tells the narrator?

4. How does the narrator react to the story?

5. Why does Holly call the narrator a snoop?

6. How do Holly and the narrator celebrate his good news?

7. How does the narrator begin to feel without Holly being around?

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

9. Why does Holly climb through the narrator's window?

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

The narrator not only tells the reader the story, but he is also right in the middle of the action. Through his voice, and through the shared opinions of those around him, the reader is able to form an opinion of the narrator. What sort of person is he? What are his defining characteristics? What struggles does he face throughout the narrative and how does he overcome them?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the genre of the novel "Breakfast at Tiffany's." What genre is the story, and why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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