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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 word(s) describe how Anna sees her world?

2. Whom was Max married to?

3. What lie does Anna tell about a journal in 'Black Notebook'?

4. How many friends of Michael's were killed by the Communist Party in 'Red Notebook'?

5. What country does Anna write about in the black notebook?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Anna's conclusion about the dream she had in 'Red Notebook'?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Anna feel after Michael doesn't show up at her home when she prepares dinner for both of them?

8. What does marriage mean in the Communist Party?

9. What is Anna scared when she reads her notebooks again in 'Blue Notebook'?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the cause of Anna's disillusionment with her novel in 'Black Notebook'; how does this disillusion manifest itself?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Anna's feelings about her own writing in the beginning of the novel and at the end. What spurs this change? How does it manifest itself?

Essay Topic 3

Why doesn't Anna separate herself completely from the Communist Party when she becomes fearful of it?

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