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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. How long does Ella stay out of town after she breaks from her boyfriend?
(a) A week.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Four weeks.
(d) Three weeks.

2. What does Anna find in the last 'Blue Notebook'?
(a) The blue notebook.
(b) The red notebook.
(c) The yellow notebook.
(d) The golden notebook.

3. What are Anna's ideas about in the last 'Yellow Notebook'?
(a) Love and men.
(b) Love and friends.
(c) Friends.
(d) Sons and daughters.

4. Who begs Molly not to send those pages of the red notebook?
(a) Anna.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Richard.
(d) Marion.

5. How old is Tommy in Chapter 1?
(a) 10.
(b) 25.
(c) 20.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what does Anna base ideas in the last 'Yellow Notebook'?

2. In 'Black Notebook', someone wants to change the novel's setting. Where does this person want it to be?

3. Whose party is Ella going to in 'Yellow Notebook'?

4. After Anna makes dinner for herself and Michael, what happens?

5. What does Anna abandon in the last 'Yellow Notebook'?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Ella feel completely alone in the last 'Yellow Notebook'?

6. How does Ella meet Paul Tanner?

7. What is the novel about Africa about?

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

9. What does Ella decide about affairs in 'Yellow Notebook'?

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

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