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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 Chapter 7 of Early and Late, what did the narrator like to read?

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

3. In Intermission, Part 3, Chapter 2, what time was it when Aimee told Errol to drive to midtown and back?

4. In Chapter 6 of Early and Late, what would the narrator do when she played with Lily?

5. In Intermission, Part 3, Chapter 2, how long had the narrator worked for Aimee?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 6 of Early and Late, what was revealed about Tracey's father?

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

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

4. At the end of Part 2, Chapter 1 in Early and Late, what did the narrator's mom do and how did the girls react?

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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 did not find college to be the experience she had expected. What had the narrator expected from a college experience? How did she struggle with the options she had available? Why did she feel guilty about attending college because of her upbringing?

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