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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. Where does Pam go after her relationship with Brandon gets too much?

3. Where does Andee Cohen live?

4. Where does Pamela travel to to meet the Beatles?

5. Whose concert does Pamela attend in August?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pam win a part in a film?

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

3. How does Allen Daviau help Pam with her career?

4. How does Pam attract the attention of Chris Hillman?

5. How does Pamela hear about the band, Led Zeppelin?

6. How does Pam meet Jim Morrison?

7. How does Frank Zappa encourage the GTOs?

8. Why do the GTOs refer to themselves as Miss Lucy, Miss Pam, etc.?

9. How does a relationship develop between Brandon and Pamela in Chapter 5?

10. What is Pam's argument for liking both the Stones and the Beatles?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Pam to the person she was at the beginning of the book to the she is at the end.

1. What did Pam hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Pam's ideas about life?

3. How has Pam changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the differences between the novel and autobiography formats. What are the main elements of a novel? What are the main elements of an autobiography? What can novelists express that an autobiographers cannot? How can autobiographies keep to the facts while still maintaining a level of entertainment?

Essay Topic 3

Asie from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does she introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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