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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 is the information in the yellow notebook?

2. How many pages does Molly dedicate to doubts in the red notebook?

3. What is Paul Tanner's profession?

4. In Chapter 1, whom does Anna say has been to see her?

5. What happens when another company approaches Anna about her novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ella decide about affairs in 'Yellow Notebook'?

2. What does Ella think about suicide?

3. How does Ella meet Paul Tanner?

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

5. Why is Ella disillusioned and depressed after Paris?

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

7. What does Anna's dream involve before her final visit to Mrs. Marks?

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

9. How does Anna retaliate against the attempts to simplify her novel when making it into a movie?

10. Why do Molly and Anna consider leaving the Communist Party in 'Red Notebook'?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Anna and Molly become distrustful of the Communist Party, and why do they consider leaving the party? What leads to these feelings? Were they justified?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast two company offers to buy the rights to Anna's book. How are they alike? How are they different?

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