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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 3, how many children did the narrator's grandmother have?

2. In Early Days, Part 1, Chapter 7, what did Tracey like to believe her father did for a living?

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

4. In Intermission, Part 3, Chapter 3, where were the narrator and Aimee by the time the narrator finished answering Aimee's question?

5. Where were the dance classes held that the narrator and Tracey attended in Early Days, Part 1, Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the narrator and Aimee remember about their meeting and how it lead to Aimee hiring the narrator in Part 2, Chapter 3 of Early and Late?

2. What happened to YTV, where the narrator had worked?

3. In Early Days, Chapter 14, how did Tracey help the narrator?

4. In Part 2, Chapter 2 of Early and Late, what did the narrator say about her boss?

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

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

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

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

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

10. In Early Days, Chapter 2, how did the narrator describe the church and the neighborhood where she had dance lessons?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The narrator had a friend named Lily. What do the stories told about the narrator’s time with Lily reveal about social class and about racism? How did Lily’s birthday party particularly reveal how social class and racism affected the relationship between the girls?

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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