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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. Whom is Tommy angry with in 'Blue Notebook'?

2. What happens when Anna means to write about the events of the day in 'Blue Notebook'?

3. What does Anna begin to record in the last 'Yellow Notebook'?

4. What is the name of the item that 'Yellow Notebook' deals with?

5. How is the structure of this book often described?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Anna hold herself back with her reaction to the filmmakers who want to buy her novel?

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

9. Why is Ella disillusioned and depressed after Paris?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the significance and symbolism about Anna's dream in 'Red Notebook'.

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

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

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