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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Anna feel about each of these offers for her book in 'Black Notebook'?
(a) Angry.
(b) Energized.
(c) Disillusioned.
(d) Inspired.

2. How is the structure of this book often described?
(a) Easy reading.
(b) Complex.
(c) Moderately easy reading.
(d) Confusing.

3. What does Mrs. Marks say about Anna's writing in 'Blue Notebook'?
(a) That she should quit.
(b) That she is suffering from writer's block.
(c) That she deserves to be published.
(d) That she deserves a film made from her book.

4. Who asks Ella if she plans to attend a party?
(a) Anna.
(b) Molly.
(c) Julia.
(d) Marion.

5. Who tells Tommy the truth about his father?
(a) Molly.
(b) Marion.
(c) Anna.
(d) Richard.

6. In 'Black Notebook', what does Anna's novel have to do with?
(a) Family issues.
(b) Class relations.
(c) Race relations.
(d) Gender relations.

7. Who begs Molly not to send those pages of the red notebook?
(a) Richard.
(b) Anna.
(c) Tommy.
(d) Marion.

8. Who is the author of "The Golden Notebook"?
(a) Jane Austin.
(b) Doris Lessing.
(c) Agatha Christie.
(d) Phillipa Gregory.

9. Whom does Anna visit after a year apart in Chapter 1?
(a) Lisa.
(b) Richard.
(c) Molly.
(d) Her sister.

10. After Anna makes dinner for herself and Michael, what happens?
(a) He calls and Anna begs him to come over.
(b) He arrives early.
(c) He doesn't show up.
(d) He arrives late.

11. What kind of party does Anna attend in 'Red Notebook'?
(a) A memorial.
(b) A book club.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A Communist gathering.

12. Who dreams of looking at the world from a distance in 'Red Notebook'?
(a) Anna.
(b) Michael.
(c) Molly.
(d) Richard.

13. Who is Molly's former husband?
(a) Michael.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Shane.
(d) Richard.

14. What does Anna write about in the black notebook?
(a) What she eats every day.
(b) Her novel, "Frontiers of War".
(c) Her family.
(d) Her love life.

15. What does Anna assume about her new roommate?
(a) That he is cheating on her.
(b) That he likes her.
(c) That he is a good person.
(d) That she is a good person.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anna realize about her novel in the black notebook and its readers?

2. In 'Red Notebook', how does the person who dreamt of color feel after the dream?

3. How do readers take Anna's synopsis of the novel in the black notebook?

4. Who tells Anna she should start writing again?

5. What does Anna decide to do in 'Blue Notebook'?

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