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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 Tony Wilson wear to the Easter Parade?
(a) Traditional attire.
(b) A bunny costume.
(c) English formal wear.
(d) A kilt.

2. What does Sarah reveal to Emily in Part 2: Chapter 1?
(a) That she is getting a divorce.
(b) That she is pregnant.
(c) That she is going back to school.
(d) That she writing a book.

3. What does Pookie do at Sarah and Tony's wedding?
(a) Gets into a fight with Sarah.
(b) Gets drunk.
(c) Dances with Tony.
(d) Loses one shoe.

4. What does Jack do with his current poetry?
(a) He refuses to allow Emily to read it.
(b) Jack recites it for his class.
(c) He asks Emily to read it.
(d) He calls his agent.

5. Who is Andrew Crawford?
(a) A graduate student that Emily dates.
(b) Sarah's minister.
(c) Sarah's nanny.
(d) Walter Grimes' attorney.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sarah tell Emily that she has a talent for?

2. Who is the first character mentioned in The Easter Parade?

3. What is the first location mentioned in the novel?

4. Who does Emily travel with at the end of Part 2: Chapter 2?

5. What does Emily decide to do when she and Jack return home from their trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. How can all of the writers as characters be described in Part 2: Chapter 2?

2. What are the negative effects of choosing an authorial voice versus a character as narrator?

3. Describe what happens when Emily and Jack visit Sarah and her family.

4. What happens career-wise for Emily in Part 2: Chapter 1?

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

6. Who is Jack Flanders?

7. What happens when Emily and Jack return to Iowa City?

8. Do Emily and Andrew have a happy marriage?

9. Describe Andrew and Emily's relationship in Part 1: Chapter 4.

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

(see the answer keys)

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