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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 'Yellow Notebook', who suggests that Ella go out of town?

2. Who begs Molly not to send those pages of the red notebook?

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

4. What does Anna's meeting involve with the second company?

5. Who is researching Quemoy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the sign in the last 'Yellow Notebook' that Anna has lost her writer's block?

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

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

4. Why is Ella disillusioned and depressed after Paris?

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

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

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

8. Why does Anna stop writing in her diary?

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

10. How does Anna retaliate against the attempts to simplify her novel when making it into a movie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Anna and Molly become distrustful of the Communist Party, and why do they consider leaving the party? What leads to these feelings? Were they justified?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast two company offers to buy the rights to Anna's book. How are they alike? How are they different?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the conflict the character of Tommy faces with choosing a future career. How does he handle making the decision, and how do his parents play a part in this conflict?

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