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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Anna means to write about the events of the day in 'Blue Notebook'?
(a) She writes as much as she can.
(b) She throws away the Blue Notebook.
(c) She puts it off.
(d) She writes one page and stops.

2. On what does Anna base ideas in the last 'Yellow Notebook'?
(a) Richard's stories.
(b) Molly.
(c) Tommy.
(d) Her personal experiences.

3. How does Anna feel about the popularity of what she writes about in the black notebook?
(a) Happy.
(b) Angry.
(c) Unhappy.
(d) Embarrassed

4. What is different about the addition to Anna's novel in 'Yellow Notebook'?
(a) This character is sad when the rest are happy.
(b) The new addition is a healthy Ella.
(c) Anna does not like this character.
(d) It is something completely different from the rest.

5. Why doesn't Ella like to leave the house?
(a) Because she is afraid of the city.
(b) Because she has no money.
(c) Because she doesn't have any friends.
(d) Because she doesn't like socializing.

6. Why is Ella no longer healthy in 'Yellow Notebook'?
(a) Because her daughter died.
(b) Because Paul left her.
(c) Because of Tommy's death.
(d) Because she is ill.

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

8. Anticipating a change, what does 'Red Notebook' say Anna has been collecting for nearly a year?
(a) Finding a new man.
(b) Becoming a better mother.
(c) Articles about the Communist Party.
(d) Finding a new job.

9. What country does Anna write about in the black notebook?
(a) Africa.
(b) England.
(c) America.
(d) Australia.

10. Where does Molly send Tommy for the summer in 'Blue Notebook'?
(a) To stay with her brother.
(b) To stay with Anna.
(c) To stay with her mother.
(d) To stay with his father.

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

12. What does the man in Ella's novel want to do?
(a) Get married.
(b) Quit his job.
(c) Move.
(d) Commit suicide.

13. What does Anna write about the Communist Party in the red notebook?
(a) Richard's thoughts.
(b) Other people's thoughts.
(c) Positive things.
(d) Critical things.

14. Where is Anna's new roommate from?
(a) Russia.
(b) Japan.
(c) America.
(d) London.

15. Who is researching Quemoy?
(a) Anna and Molly.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Molly.
(d) Anna.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Ella think about when she is out of town in 'Yellow Notebook'?

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

4. Does Molly ever send those pages of the red notebook?

5. In 'Black Notebook', where is Anna when she talks sarcastically to the person in her lunch meeting?

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