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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. Whose apartment did Anatole stop by when no one was home in Chapter 12?

2. When was Virginia Woolf born?

3. What did Anatole do with Sheri after her surprise visit in Chapter 11?

4. After Pablito disappeared, his friends sought out the stranger. What did the friends do to him?

5. What did Anatole turn off after finding Sheri in the middle of the night in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What scene took place with Dylan Thomas' wife in Chapter 15?

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

4. When did Anatole Broyard die? Who assisted in the completion of the book?

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

6. Where did Anatole encounter the writer Dylan Thomas and his wife in Chapter 15?

7. How did Anatole relate the sexual morals of the late 1940s in Chapter 17?

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

9. What did Anatole not know about his friend Saul?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Describe and discuss the setting of the memoir. What was the atmosphere in Greenwich Village like in 1946? How did Anatole feel arriving home from the war?

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