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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. Why is Julia upset in 'Yellow Notebook'?

2. Where is Anna's new roommate from?

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

4. Who offers to have an affair with Ella in 'Yellow Notebook'?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the first company's proposal for Anna's novel to turn it into a movie insulting to her?

2. Why does Anna stop writing in her diary?

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

4. Describe the conversation in 'Red Notebook' between Anna and Jimmy.

5. What does Anna think the danger of Janet walking in on her and Michael represents, and how does it make her feel?

6. Why is Ella disillusioned and depressed after Paris?

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

8. What is the novel about Africa about?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Anna and Molly's realizations that the Communist Party will never change, and explore whether they were naive to think that it would.

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