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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 was the name of the teacher of the narrator and Tracey's class?

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

3. In Intermission, Part 3, Chapter 3, how long did the narrator say it had been since she talked to Tracey?

4. After seeing her half brother and sister in Early Days, Part 1, Chapter 9, when did the narrator see them again?

5. When did the British headquarters of YTV burn down?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. In Intermission, Chapter 4, what did the narrator remember about her father's funeral?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Tracey and the narrator became friends at a dance class when they were ten. What type of a relationship did the girls have during their childhood? How did their relationship change as they approached adolescence? What type of relationship did they have as they became teens and then adults? How did their relationship change over time?

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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