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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 lie does Anna tell about a journal in 'Black Notebook'?
(a) She makes up pages from a male journal.
(b) She says she likes pie.
(c) She says she is a writer.
(d) She says she loves Richard.

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

3. What kind of party does Anna attend in 'Red Notebook'?
(a) A Communist gathering.
(b) A memorial.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A book club.

4. In 'Black Notebook', what does Anna's novel have to do with?
(a) Class relations.
(b) Gender relations.
(c) Race relations.
(d) Family issues.

5. What happens when Anna means to write about the events of the day in 'Blue Notebook'?
(a) She puts it off.
(b) She writes one page and stops.
(c) She writes as much as she can.
(d) She throws away the Blue Notebook.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anna write about under the heading "money" in 'Black Notebook'?

2. How many columns is the black notebook divided into?

3. In 'Blue Notebook', Janet leaves before who awakes?

4. Who asks Anna why she is considering joining the Communist Party in part of Red Notebook?

5. Who tells Anna she should start writing again?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does marriage mean in the Communist Party?

2. How does Ella meet Paul Tanner?

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

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

5. Why does Anna feel disillusioned despite all of the interest in her novel?

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

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

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

9. Describe Anna's emotions in response to the reaction of the novel "Frontiers of War".

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

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