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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 movie brought Holly to tears?

2. What happens to the narrator in the taxi on the way home from his day with Holly?

3. What does the narrator give Holly for Christmas?

4. How does Holly describe Jose's penmanship?

5. Where is Holly from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Jose give for not marrying Holly?

2. What does Holly tell the narrator as they head out for the park?

3. What commotion does the narrator come home to after his job interview in Brooklyn?

4. Where does the narrator find the cat?

5. Why does the narrator wish to see the reunion between Doc and Holly?

6. What does Holly give the narrator for Christmas, and what significance does it have?

7. Why does the narrator pay special attention to the man hanging around Holly's mailbox?

8. What happens to Rusty and Mag during the Key West trip?

9. How is Holly arrested?

10. How does Holly's life begin to change after the death of her brother?

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

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Holly's relationship with the narrator to her relationship with Jose and/or Rusty Trawler. What are her motivations for obtaining and maintaining these relationships?

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