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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. Where does Emily live before she goes to college?

2. What does Emily decide to do when she and Jack return home from their trip?

3. Emily runs into a soldier looking for what?

4. Why does Emily find Jack's book difficult?

5. After what length of time does Andrew say he will call Emily?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the negative effects of choosing an authorial voice versus a character as narrator?

2. Why are the first two chapters of Part 1 of The Easter Parade told in an authorial voice versus a character serving as the narrator?

3. What happens when Emily and Jack return to Iowa City?

4. In Part 1: Chapter 3, Emily decides to go to a movie alone. What happens instead?

5. What is Sarah trying to write a book about?

6. Do Emily and Andrew have a happy marriage?

7. What happens for Emily in the year break Andrew takes from their relationship?

8. Describe Emily and Sarah's relationship in Part 2: Chapter 1.

9. How can all of the writers as characters be described in Part 2: Chapter 2?

10. What happens career-wise for Emily in Part 2: Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several characters in The Easter Parade are writers. What are their attitudes towards writing? Are they successful as writers? Do they share any of the same traits? Discuss writers as characters.

Essay Topic 2

Do you believe that Tony killed Sarah? First, explain the circumstances leading up to Sarah's death and what happened after her death.

Essay Topic 3

What are the family dynamics in The Easter Parade? Compare family life from the beginning of the text to the end. Compare the Grimes family to the Wilson family.

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