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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anna begin to feel towards Michael in 'Blue Notebook'?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Resentment.
(d) Happiness.

2. What does Anna have published in 'Black Notebook'?
(a) Her Africa novel.
(b) Her romance novel.
(c) A journal.
(d) A diary.

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

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

5. What happens when another company approaches Anna about her novel?
(a) They have specific guidelines that she does not meet.
(b) They immediately buy the rights.
(c) They love the book but don't buy it.
(d) They turn her down without meeting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anna use as the basis for her stories?

2. Who begs Molly not to send those pages of the red notebook?

3. What does Anna feel is unacceptable with the second company's proposal?

4. Where does Molly send Tommy for the summer in 'Blue Notebook'?

5. How old is Tommy in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the fear that Anna expresses to Mrs. Marks in 'Blue Notebook'.

2. Why is the structure of this novel described as complex?

3. What does marriage mean in the Communist Party?

4. What is the novel about Africa about?

5. How does Anna react to Saul moving in with her?

6. How is the first company's proposal for Anna's novel to turn it into a movie insulting to her?

7. Why does Molly agree not to send in Anna's doubts about the Communist Party?

8. What sign does the reader have that Anna had been disillusioned for a while with the Communist Party?

9. Why is Ella disillusioned and depressed after Paris?

10. What are Anna's ideas for novels and short stories in the last 'Yellow Notebook' based on?

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