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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. According to the narrator, how does Holly always look?

2. Where is the narrator always drawn back to?

3. What does Holly lose often?

4. What is the narrator's room crowded with?

5. How does the narrator describe Holly's health?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the "mean reds" according to Holly?

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

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

4. What does Holly do on Thursdays?

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

6. What did Holly do to O.J.Berman in the past to make him angry?

7. How does the narrator react to the story?

8. How does Joe feel about Holly?

9. What curious object does the narrator find at the mailbox?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the climax of the novel. What is a climax in a story, and what can be considered the climax of "Breakfast at Tiffany's"? Why?

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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