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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 does Holly think of Mag becoming her roommate?

2. How does the narrator describe Holly's cat?

3. What apartment number does Holly live at?

4. Where is the narrator always drawn back to?

5. What does O.J. Berman call Holly when he first meets the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Holly call the narrator a snoop?

2. Describe Holly's bedroom.

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

4. Describe the narrator's first New York apartment.

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

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

7. Why is Mag hesitant to marry Jose?

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

9. What is the story about that Joe tells the narrator?

10. Who is Mag Wildwood?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the use of symbolism in the novella "Breakfast at Tiffany's". What do the following symbolize:

a) The cat.

b) The bird cage.

c) The masks and glasses.

d) The statue.

e) The St. Christopher's medal.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of the shop, Tiffany's. Why is it important to Holly?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the conclusion of the novella. Is it consistent with the rest of the story and the characters? What questions, if any, are left unanswered? Is there a reason that Capote would have left the ending rather ambiguous?

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