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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 Intermission, Part 3, Chapter 3, how long did Aimee say that she had known Judy?

2. In Intermission, Part 3, Chapter 1, how many miles does the narrator do?

3. In Chapter 5 of Early and Late, how many slaves did the narrator tell Aimee that a captain jettisoned from his ship?

4. In Early Days, Part 1, Chapter 5, what was the narrator's mother wearing on her head?

5. When did the narrator meet Tracey?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Early Days, Chapter 8, what would happen when the narrator's mother would try to cook?

3. In Part 2, Chapter 4 of Early and Late, what did the narrator dream about?

4. In Part 2, Chapter 5 of Early and Late, why did the narrator not want children?

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

6. In Intermission, Chapter 1, what did Aimee believe would make a real change in the world?

7. In Early Days, Chapter 1, how did the narrator meet Tracey and how did she describe Tracey?

8. In Early Days, Chapter 9, who did the narrator's father want her to meet and how did the meeting go?

9. In Intermission, Chapter 1, what did Aimee help create?

10. In Early Days, Chapter 11, what battle did Tracey win with her teacher?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The narrator lost friends when she became a teen. Why did the narrator decide to become Goth as a teenager? What did that decision symbolize and why?

Essay Topic 2

One time when barhopping with Aimee, the narrator ended up singing with the piano player. Why did Aimee imply that the song revealed that the narrator was not a happy person? Why did the incident cause a rift between the two women? What did the narrator singing symbolize?

Essay Topic 3

The novel is told from the point of view of the narrator. How does the point of view of the novel determine what readers know about events and characters? How does the point of view affect what readers think of the narrator? How does the point of view affect the plot?

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