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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 does Frank Zappa rename Pam's group?

2. What does Pam want to experience at Haight-Ashbury?

3. From what state does Jimmy Page call Pam?

4. What instrument did Noel Redding play with the Jimi Hendrix Experience?

5. Why does Hillman say he cannot keep the kitten?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Miss Mercy's arrival change the GTOs?

2. Why is Pamela worried about her friends in Chapter 4?

3. How does Pam start earning money in Chapter 5?

4. What is Pam's opinion of Jim Morrison?

5. How does Pam meet Jim Morrison?

6. How do Pam and her friends try to gain access to the Beatles?

7. Why does Pamela return to her parents' house in Chapter 5?

8. What is Pam's opinion of the hippy scene?

9. Why is Mercy the only one of Pam's friends to join her at the Burritos' gig?

10. Why does Pam decide to lose her virginity?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the book's reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does she use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 3

Why did many people become disillusioned in the 1970s? What did the 1960s promise that the 1970s couldn't bring? How does Pam express the disillusionment in the book?

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