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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 Tommy angry with someone in 'Blue Notebook'?

2. Whom does Julia live with?

3. Who dreams of looking at the world from a distance in 'Red Notebook'?

4. Where does Molly intend to send those pages of her doubts in 'Red Notebook'?

5. Who asks Ella if she plans to attend a party?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What reason does Michael have to cry in his sleep, as described in 'Red Notebook'?

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

4. What is the meaning of the second dream recorded by Anna in 'Black Notebook'?

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

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

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

8. What are Anna's ideas for novels and short stories in the last 'Yellow Notebook' based on?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Anna's final journal entry and the meaning of the dream about the casket.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Ella and Anna, and the emptiness of their lives. How are their depressions similar?

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