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

2. What is Harry's job?
(a) A grocery store clerk.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A banker.
(d) An accountant.

3. In 'Red Notebook', who talks with Anna about Communism just before she goes to sleep?
(a) The Forest Brothers.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Michael.
(d) Molly.

4. 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 too much.
(d) She thinks it is not enough.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the synopsis of Anna's novel in the black notebook?

2. When Anna asks a question in the final entry of 'Black Notebook', how does she feel about the answer?

3. For three years, what kind of entries is there in the black notebook?

4. How do readers take Anna's synopsis of the novel in the black notebook?

5. What is a new addition to Anna's novel in 'Yellow Notebook'?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Anna realize about her African experience in 'Black Notebook'?

2. What happens before Anna decides to keep one notebook in the 'Blue Notebook'?

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

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

5. What does Anna decide to do with her novel "Frontiers of War"?

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

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

8. What does Anna think the danger of Janet walking in on her and Michael represents, and how does it make her feel?

9. Why is it odd that Anna signs up for the Communist Party?

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

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