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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. How long did Anita ride her career crest?

2. What did Anita and John's life spiral into?

3. What did Anita's vocals give the band she worked with in Chapter 7?

4. What was Anita NOT considered to be, Chapter 12?

5. How long did the person spend in jail who was arrested for possession and contributing to the delinquency of a 17 year old?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Carl's role in the war and what he and Anita did just before the war ended.

2. What was the difference with pop and rock and roll artists to jazz artists?

3. Describe what Chapters 6 through 9 show the reader about Anita's life?

4. What were the results of Anita's diagnosis?

5. What did John fear after Joe stayed with he and Anita?

6. Describe what happened to Gene while Anita was on her leave of absence from the band.

7. What happened to John in Chapter 12?

8. What did Anita do before Carl was shipped to war?

9. Describe Vido Musso.

10. Describe Anita and Benny Goodman's relationship.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain and discuss Anita's setback after she published "High Times, Hard Times" and why it was difficult for her to have the contents of her life so exposed to the public.

Essay Topic 2

Describe and explain Anita and Don's relationship from its beginning to its end, and how it affects Anita in future relationships.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss Anita's childhood and how it differed from most other childhood's during the Depression.

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