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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 4, where was the narrator going with Aimee after New York?

2. In Early Days, Part 1, Chapter 3, how many children did the narrator's grandmother have?

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

4. In Early Days, Part 1, Chapter 7, mostly what was the ethnic make up of the students at Tracey's school?

5. In Intermission, Part 3, Chapter 2, how much of a book would Judy read?

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 Intermission, Chapter 2, how did Aimee have an unusual attitude to time?

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

There were some negative consequences of the school project. What were the negative consequences of the school project? What problems did the village face after the school was built? What did those issues reveal about the issues caused by charity and charitable acts?

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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