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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. In 'Blue Notebook', what do Michael and Anna discuss?
(a) Molly.
(b) Ella.
(c) Their child.
(d) The end of their affair.

2. In 'Red Notebook', what happens with color in the dream?
(a) Everything is white.
(b) The entire world is covered in a new color.
(c) Everything is red.
(d) The world goes black.

3. What does Anna realize about her novel in the black notebook and its readers?
(a) That her readers understand her perfectly.
(b) That her readers don't care.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) That they have taken her seriously when they weren't supposed to.

4. What is Anna no longer a part of in the third 'Red Notebook'?
(a) A mother's group.
(b) Molly's book club.
(c) A writer's group.
(d) The Communist Party.

5. What style is the synopsis of Anna's novel written in in the black notebook?
(a) Authoritative.
(b) Tongue-in-cheek.
(c) Sarcastic.
(d) Third person.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anna get chided about from her friend in Chapter 1?

2. Who tells Tommy the truth about his father?

3. When Anna sees a man on the streets of London in 'Black Notebook', what does it remind her of?

4. Anticipating a change, what does 'Red Notebook' say Anna has been collecting for nearly a year?

5. What is Julia's profession?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conflict does Ella have with Dr. West?

2. What is the meaning of the second dream recorded by Anna in 'Black Notebook'?

3. In Free Women: 1, why is Richard worried about Tommy?

4. What happens when Molly learns her friends are in jail in 'Red Notebook'?

5. Why do Molly and Anna consider leaving the Communist Party in 'Red Notebook'?

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

7. What happens in Anna's dream about the Russian peasant vase?

8. What does Anna's dream involve before her final visit to Mrs. Marks?

9. Whom does Anna try to help with a petition and why?

10. How is the second company's idea insulting to Anna?

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