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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. What does Anna assume about her new roommate?

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

3. What is Anna no longer a part of in the third 'Red Notebook'?

4. Who is Anna's friend in 'Red Notebook'?

5. What style is the synopsis of Anna's novel written in in the black notebook?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when a magazine requests pages from Anna's journal?

2. How does Ella meet Paul Tanner?

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

4. What happens on Ella's flight home from Paris?

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

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

7. What does marriage mean in the Communist Party?

8. What happens when Paul invites Ella for a drive?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Anna and Ella. How are they alike? How are they different?

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 Ella's insight about free women towards the end of the novel. What does she realize about being a free woman in the world of married men? Why do you think she finally had this powerful thought? How will it change her actions? Should she have realized this earlier in her life?

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