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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. In Early Days, Part 1, Chapter 10, what news did Tracey tell the narrator and her father?

2. In Chapter 5 of Early and Late, how did Aimee like to get around London?

3. In Intermission, Part 3, Chapter 2, how much of a book would Judy read?

4. In Intermission, Part 3, Chapter 1, how old is Aimee's daughter Kara?

5. In Intermission, Part 3, Chapter 3, by the time the narrator and Aimee cross what street is Aimee taking a nap?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did the narrator shop for an outfit to wear when she met Aimee, and what did she buy in Part 2, Chapter 3 of Early and Late?

2. In Early Days, Chapter 6, what was Tracey's bedroom like?

3. In Early and Late, Part 2, Chapter 1, What was the sleeve of the single like that the narrator and Tracey bought for a birthday present?

4. In Early Days, Chapter 3, why did the narrator have to stay out of their flat until dinner time?

5. At the end of Intermission, Chapter 2, what did Aimee ask the narrator?

6. In Early Days, Chapter 7, what were the schools like that Tracey and the narrator attended?

7. In Intermission, Chapter 3, how did the narrator describe Washington Square Park?

8. In Intermission, Chapter 2, how did Aimee have an unusual attitude to time?

9. In Intermission, Chapter 3, what did the narrator remember about London?

10. What did Tracey and her mother think about the narrator's interest in old songs and the piano player, Mr. Booth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aimee believed that with her money she could achieve real change in the real world. Why did Aimee not trust governments, charities, or churches to do good at home or internationally? Why did Aimee believe that wealthy people had to be involved for real change to occur?

Essay Topic 2

Aimee had children and believed that any woman should be able to handle single parenthood like she did. What was Aimee’s view of motherhood and what type of a mother was she to her children? Why did most single mothers, like the narrator’s or Tracey’s mother, struggle with being a single parent in contrast to Aimee?

Essay Topic 3

The narrator’s mother was critical of the narrator’s relationship with Aimee. Why was the narrator’s mother critical of the narrator’s relationship with Aimee? How and why did the narrator’s mother believe that the relationship was damaging to the narrator?

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