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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 does Anna call about Tommy in Free Women: 2?

2. Whom does Anna try to talk to about Richard in Free Women: 2?

3. Why is Richard angry in Freewomen: 4?

4. The arrest in Free Women: 4 came after what?

5. Who calls Anna looking for Tommy at the beginning of Free Women: 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Molly and Richard arrive at Anna's flat?

2. When Tommy visits Anna's flat in Free Women: 2, what do they talk about?

3. Explain the conversation between Tommy and Anna in Free Women: 4?

4. In Free Women: 2, what does Anna sense about Tommy?

5. Explain what happens to Tommy in Free Women: 2?

6. How does Saul make Anna feel about herself?

7. What do Anna and Marion discuss in Free Women: 2?

8. How have Anna and Molly's lives changed in Free Women: 5?

9. How does Saul end up publishing a book?

10. What news does Anna have to tell Marion in Free Women: 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the meaning of Anna's reporting on the whole of her day. How does she feel conflicted in the roles she must play? In what ways does the stress and busyness of her day affect Anna?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Ella's insight about free women towards the end of the novel. What does she realize about being a free woman in the world of married men? Why do you think she finally had this powerful thought? How will it change her actions? Should she have realized this earlier in her life?

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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