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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anna use as the basis for her stories?
(a) Ideas she reads about in the newspaper.
(b) Her imagination.
(c) Her friend's lives.
(d) Her experiences.

2. How were friends of Michael's killed by the Community Party?
(a) Electrocuted.
(b) Hanged.
(c) Shot.
(d) Stabbed.

3. Who moves in with Anna in 'Blue Notebook'?
(a) Marion.
(b) Saul Green.
(c) John Smith.
(d) Richard.

4. Who is Ella's boyfriend?
(a) Marion.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Richard.
(d) Paul.

5. What does it mean if a Communist man gets married?
(a) He is dedicated to the party.
(b) He is a traitor.
(c) He is a socialist.
(d) He is starting to have a life outside the party.

6. What does Anna use her black notebook for before she writes her final entry?
(a) Pictures.
(b) A diary.
(c) Articles.
(d) Her novels.

7. What does Tommy realize about his father in 'Blue Notebook'?
(a) That his mother and Anna are right.
(b) That his mother and Anna are wrong.
(c) That Marion is right.
(d) That he doesn't know him.

8. How long does Ella stay out of town after she breaks from her boyfriend?
(a) Four weeks.
(b) A week.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Three weeks.

9. What do Anna and her friend drink together in Chapter 1?
(a) Beer.
(b) Wine.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Coffee.

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

11. Who is originally told that whoever is in jail is not in trouble?
(a) The Forest Brothers.
(b) Richard.
(c) Anna.
(d) Molly.

12. What does Molly consider sending to the Communist Party?
(a) The red notebook.
(b) The blue notebook.
(c) The golden notebook.
(d) "The Shadow of the Third" novel.

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

14. Who is in jail in 'Red Notebook'?
(a) Tommy.
(b) The Forest Brothers.
(c) Anna.
(d) Richard.

15. What word(s) describe how Anna sees her world?
(a) Simple.
(b) Sad and empty.
(c) Disorder and chaos.
(d) Angry and empty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Julia live with?

2. In 'Red Notebook', who talks with Anna about Communism just before she goes to sleep?

3. What does Anna begin to feel towards Michael in 'Blue Notebook'?

4. What is Anna on a quest for in this novel?

5. What does the man in Ella's novel want to do?

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