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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. What illness did John develop?

2. What was the Village Vanguard?

3. Where was Joe the piano player from?

4. What did the people find who raided Carl and Anita's home?

5. What was a business that took advantage of drunk conventioneers called?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Anita feel about the band in Chapter 6?

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

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

4. Who did Anita reconnect with post prison in Chapter 8?

5. Describe Anita and Carl's reunion in San Francisco.

6. Who was Joe from Boston?

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

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

9. Describe Anita and Benny Goodman's relationship.

10. Describe the types of songs Anita sang in Chapter 8.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Anita and John Poole's relationship. Explain why she was initially fascinated by John and how did it prove to be the worst fascination Anita could have had.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Analyze and describe Joe the piano player's relationship to John and Anita and the detrimental results of his stay.

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