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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. In the store, who is the sales lady busy with?

2. What does Holly wish to send Fred?

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

4. How does the narrator describe Holly's features?

5. What is Joe's bar like compared to most Lexington Avenue bars?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Mag Wildwood?

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

4. How does Holly feel about having Mag as a roommate?

5. Based on this first section, how might Holly Golightly have gotten her name?

6. What does Holly do on Thursdays?

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

8. What does the narrator gather about Holly, based on her garbage?

9. Describe O.J. Berman.

10. Describe Sid Arbuck.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Truman Capote, the author of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is a successful and respected writer, partly due to the novella "Breakfast at Tiffany's". Discuss how this story fits in with Capote's other works, as well as whether or not Capote's public persona played a part in the success of the novella.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Capote's use of foreshadowing. What are some examples, and what do they hint at?

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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