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

2. Who was Anita involved with in dance contests?
(a) An older man.
(b) A young man.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) A boy her age.

3. What did Anita begin to do to make money in Chapter 3?
(a) Waited tables.
(b) Danced.
(c) Sang.
(d) Worked a table dice game.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Anita travel with during her time she ran away?

2. In Chapter 3, who heard Anita sing in the middle of her job shifts?

3. What was the result of James' behavior?

4. In what time period was Anita's adolescence?

5. What was Gladys NOT, during the time Anita was growing up?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe James.

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

3. Describe Aunt Belle.

4. Describe what the Off-Beat was.

5. Describe Anita's life at age 14.

6. Why did Anita give her mom her dance contest money?

7. Describe Martha Raye.

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

9. Why did Anita drown her sorrows in cognac and marijuana in the Chelsea Hotel?

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

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