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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 is the name of Mick's new girlfriend?

2. What does Jimmy call the apartment he wants to purchase?

3. What does Pam think of her dancing partners as?

4. What is the name of Pamela's new boyfriend?

5. What is the name of the second actor Pam falls for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the novel.

2. Why is Donnie difficult to live with?

3. How does Pam help out Woody Allen in Chapter 9?

4. What bad news does Pam hear in Chapter 5?

5. What bad news does Pam receive in Chapter 8?

6. How do Pam and her friend Renee earn money to travel?

7. What does Marlon Brando tell Pam in Chapter 9?

8. How do things change between Pam and Jimmy Page?

9. How does Pam's life change in Chapter 9?

10. How does Pamela get over her relationship with Marty?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Why are the Sixties seen as such as an important era? What was life in America like before the Sixties?

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