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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Anita live for throughout Chapter 3?
(a) Friday afternoon talent shows.
(b) Going to her grandparents.
(c) Friday afternoon TV.
(d) Going to the drive in.

2. What was the person building who heard Anita sing in the middle of her shifts?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A new theatre.
(c) A new club, the Off- Beat.
(d) An amphitheatre.

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

4. Who did Anita jam with during her time at Off-Beat?
(a) No one special.
(b) Gene and Whitefield.
(c) Kruppas and Whitesmith.
(d) Gene Krupa and Paul Whiteman.

5. What did Gladys discover before she got married?
(a) She is in love.
(b) She hates her dad.
(c) She hates her life.
(d) She is pregnant.

6. Who was born after Gladys and her first husband moved?
(a) Love.
(b) Anita.
(c) Anna.
(d) Sam.

7. What happened to the entertainment group towards the end of Chapter 3?
(a) They begin to hate their lives.
(b) They begin to fight.
(c) They want to go on tour.
(d) They begin to break up.

8. In what time period was Anita's adolescence?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Great Depression.
(d) World War II.

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

10. What did Anita drown her sorrows in while Don was away?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Cognac and marijuana.
(c) Sleeping pills.
(d) A crazy social life.

11. What was Anita faced with that made her runaway from home?
(a) Failing grades.
(b) Acne.
(c) A new step dad.
(d) A new school.

12. Who came to live with Anita and her mom in Chapter 2?
(a) Aunt Belle.
(b) Uncle John.
(c) Aunt V.
(d) Uncle George.

13. What was Gladys NOT, during the time Anita was growing up?
(a) A loving mom.
(b) A happy person.
(c) A demonstrative person.
(d) A giving person.

14. How old is Anita in Chapter 3?
(a) It doesn't say.
(b) 16 years old.
(c) 15 years old.
(d) 17 years old.

15. What was Anita's first marriage built upon?
(a) Lust.
(b) Friendship where sex was frowned upon.
(c) Generosity.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Anita involved with in dance contests?

2. What did Anita find pleasure in during her adolescence?

3. Where did Anita's crush in Chapter 3 play the drums?

4. What did Gladys have to do to support herself and her daughter?

5. Where did Anita move after she rejected her second marriage proposal?

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