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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 Bucky go in 1943?

2. What does Widmark think of acting?

3. Why does Norma Jeane do a nude photoshoot?

4. What does Widmark say about Marilyn Monroe?

5. Who claims he is still in love with Norma Jeane after seeing her movie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Frank Widdoes?

2. Why does the staff at Norwalk get excited when Norma Jeane visits her mother in "Nell 1952"?

3. Why does Norma Jeane drop out of her class at UCLA?

4. Who is Gladys?

5. Who is Della?

6. Who is Otto?

7. Who is Dr. Mittelstadt?

8. Who does Norma Jeane embody for her role in Don't Bother to Knock?

9. What does Aunt Elsie tell Norma Jeane when she is 15?

10. What is the Gemini?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring Norma Jeane's experience in the orphanage. How does this experience impact her, both negatively and positively?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring Norma Jeane's relationship with Bucky. What is the nature of this relationship, and what does it teach Norma Jeane?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the novel's depiction of the impact of celebrity. How does being in the public eye affect Norma Jeane/Marilyn Monroe?

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