3. What did Anita feel she meant to her mother when she was growing up?
(a) She was replaceable.
(b) She was expensive.
(c) She was a mistake.
(d) She was extra baggage.

4. What did Anita find pleasure in during her adolescence?
(a) Music and poetry.
(b) Movies and tv.
(c) Summer and dinnertime.
(d) Music and her summers.

5. Who did Anita spend her summers with?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her paternal grandparents.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her maternal grandparents.

6. What happened briefly that brought some happiness to the family in Chapter 1?
(a) A new house.
(b) A brief remarriage of Gladys and James.
(c) A long vacation.
(d) A brief remarriage of Glady and Jimmy.

7. What does Chapter 4 open with?
(a) Anita in bed.
(b) Anita singing.
(c) Anita's huge success at the Off-Beat.
(d) Anita's wedding.

8. What happened during Anita's first sexual encounter?
(a) She became pregnant.
(b) She was raped.
(c) She bled for 3 days.
(d) She got really sick.

9. In what year was Anita born?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1921.

10. What did Anita become at the age of 17?
(a) Don's mistress.
(b) A famous singer.
(c) Don's wife.
(d) An actress.

11. Who is Gladys?
(a) Anita's teacher.
(b) Anita's mother.
(c) Anita's grandmother.
(d) Anita's sister.

12. What did the guest staying with Anita and her mom show towards Anita?
(a) More love than her mom.
(b) The same care as her mom.
(c) More empathy than her mom.
(d) Less compassion than her mom.

13. Who did Anita travel with during her time she ran away?
(a) Farmers.
(b) Policemen.
(c) Families.
(d) Truckers.

14. What does Anita note that her mother did not have in her life during her growing up years?
(a) Friends or a social life.
(b) A social life with people who care about her.
(c) A boyfriend or a social life.
(d) Friends or a boyfriend.

15. What did Anita show her talent was, during her first performance at the Off-Beat?
(a) Her voice.
(b) Improvisation.
(c) Her piano skills.
(d) Her guitar skills.