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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 made Anatole grow faint in Chapter 10?

2. Where did Anatole find Sheri one night in Chapter 10?

3. When Pablito returned to the club in Spanish Harlem, where was he injured?

4. What did Anatole go to pick up from an empty apartment in Chapter 12?

5. Where did Anatole move to in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Anatole go after leaving Sheri in Chapter 11? How did he feel about the location?

2. What story did Delmore relate to Anatole in Chapter 16? What was Anatole's response?

3. How did Anatole describe his friend Saul Silverman in Chapter 13?

4. How did Anatole relate the desires of women in the late 1940s? How did men differ?

5. How were Anatole's and Sheri's experiences of sex described in Chapter 10?

6. Where did Anatole move after leaving his parents' home in Chapter 12? How did he feel about the move?

7. How did Anatole explain the undercurrent of his and Sheri's relationship in Chapter 10?

8. Where did Anatole discover Sheri in the middle of the night in Chapter 10?

9. What was Anatole's reaction to Caitlin Thomas' advances in Chapter 15?

10. Who arrived at Anatole's door in Chapter 12? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Anatole's impressions of the customers who frequented his bookstore. What did Anatole criticize about many customers? How was his appreciation for literature different?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Anatole's friend Dick Gilman. Why did Gilman feel that he was a better match for Sheri? How did Dick react to reading new authors?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the artist Sheri Donatti and her relationship with Anatole Broyard. How old was Sheri when they met? How did Anatole describe her appearance and personality?

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