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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. The last 'Red Notebook' deals with a conversation between whom?
(a) Jimmy and Marion.
(b) Anna and Jimmy.
(c) Marion and Anna.
(d) Richard and Anna.

2. Why is Anna unsatisfied with the emotion in her entries in 'Blue Notebook'?
(a) She thinks her editor won't like it.
(b) She is afraid of what Molly will think.
(c) She thinks it is not enough.
(d) She thinks it is too much.

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

4. What is the name of the item that 'Yellow Notebook' deals with?
(a) The golden notebook.
(b) "The Shadow of the Third".
(c) The red notebook.
(d) The Communist book.

5. What does Anna lose in the last 'Yellow Notebook'?
(a) Her pen.
(b) Her boyfriend.
(c) Her writer's block.
(d) Her son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Molly not to panic in 'Red Notebook'?

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

3. How many friends of Michael's were killed by the Communist Party in 'Red Notebook'?

4. Why does someone beg Molly not to send those pages of the red notebook?

5. What happens when another company approaches Anna about her novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is happening between Richard and Marion in Free Women: 1?

3. In what way does Anna use the black notebook to recount her experiences in Africa?

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

5. What is Anna scared when she reads her notebooks again in 'Blue Notebook'?

6. Why is Ella disillusioned and depressed after Paris?

7. Why is Molly dismayed after attending a Community Party meeting with young people?

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

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

10. What is Anna's conclusion about the dream she had in 'Red Notebook'?

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