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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the letter Emily receives in Part 2: Chapter 2 say that Pookie has lost?
(a) Her mind.
(b) Her car.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her job.

2. Which college does Emily receive a scholarship to?
(a) Sarah Lawrence College.
(b) New York University.
(c) Barnard College.
(d) Bard College.

3. Who are Tony's parents giving the larger house on their estate to?
(a) Sarah and Tony and their family.
(b) Pookie.
(c) Emily.
(d) Their daughter.

4. Why does the relationship between Emily and the merchant seaman end?
(a) He is called to work.
(b) He wife returns.
(c) He decides he wants to explore homosexuality.
(d) Emily is no longer interested in him.

5. How does Emily get home from school?
(a) Emily rides the school bus.
(b) Emily's mother picks her up.
(c) Emily walks with the other neighborhood children.
(d) Sarah walks Emily home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Emily go at the end of Part 2: Chapter 2?

2. Why does Emily find Jack's book difficult?

3. In Part 1: Chapter 1, where do Emily and Sarah go to visit their father?

4. Sarah and Tony get married in what season of 1941?

5. In which state is Jack offered a job?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 1: Chapter 3, Emily decides to go to a movie alone. What happens instead?

2. In Part 1: Chapter 3, in what ways does it become clear to the reader that Emily is now the narrating character?

3. Do Emily and Andrew have a happy marriage?

4. How does Sarah injure herself in Part 1: Chapter 1?

5. Why are the first two chapters of Part 1 of The Easter Parade told in an authorial voice versus a character serving as the narrator?

6. Is there a rivalry between the two Grimes sisters?

7. Describe Jack and Emily's relationship.

8. Why does Pookie want to be close to Tony's parents?

9. In Part 1: Chapter 2, why does Sarah's father, Walter Grimes, disapprove of his daughter's engagement?

10. What is Sarah trying to write a book about?

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