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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where did Anita spend her winter at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Nashville.
(c) Florence.
(d) Miami.

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

5. What did Gladys have to do to support herself and her daughter?
(a) Make Anita perform for money.
(b) Go to work.
(c) Sell her paintings.
(d) Worked in a night club.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Anita in Chapter 3?

2. What did Anita begin to do to make money in Chapter 3?

3. What did Anita become at the age of 17?

4. What did Anita show her talent was, during her first performance at the Off-Beat?

5. Who is Gladys?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happened after Anita's first sexual encounter.

2. How does Chapter 2 end?

3. How did Anita feel that her mother felt about her?

4. Why did Anita run away in Chapter 1?

5. What did Anita demonstrate her first night at the Off-Beat?

6. Describe Martha Raye.

7. Describe what the Off-Beat was.

8. What was Anita's other talent besides dancing?

9. Describe the people Anita says could not maintain a menial job, like "regular folks".

10. Describe Anita's life at age 14.

(see the answer keys)

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