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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 and Late, Chapter 1, where was Aimee from?

2. In Early Days, Part 1, Chapter 10, what was the name of the teacher of the narrator and Tracey's class?

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 Intermission, Part 3, Chapter 2, how much time did the narrator decide that she needed to read every evening?

5. In Early and Late, Chapter 1, what did the narrator wear to Lily's birthday part?

Short Essay Questions

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

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 6, what was Tracey's bedroom like?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When money was stolen from Miss Isabel’s dance school, Tracey was immediately a suspect. Why was Tracey a suspect, but the narrator was not? How did class and family differences determine who was a suspect and who was not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Fern made a comment that “with wealth you get to be thoughtless” (253). Why did Fern make that comment? What did he mean by that comment? How did that comment reflect on Aimee’s work in Africa?

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