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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. Why does Emily take her first job after graduating from college?

2. What does Tony Wilson wear to the Easter Parade?

3. What is Andrew embarrassed about in his relationship with Emily?

4. Which topic does Emily choose to write about for a magazine article but never finishes?

5. What does the letter Emily receives in Part 2: Chapter 2 say that Pookie has lost?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 1: Chapters 1 through 2, what are the differences between Emily and Sarah?

2. Describe Emily and Sarah's relationship in Part 2: Chapter 1.

3. In Part 1: Chapter 4, the differences between Emily and Sarah become more apparent. Describe those differences.

4. 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?

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

6. Why is Emily disappointed with Jack after they move to a new place?

7. Why is Emily's success with her career and work ethic impressive?

8. There are several references to alcohol and alcoholism in Part 1: Chapters 3 and 4. What are some of those references?

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

10. In Part 1: Chapter 2, why is Emily scolded for being childish?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss time. Yates starts in Tenafly, NY in the 1930s and travels decades over the course of the novel. The novel, just over 200 pages, spans nearly the entirety of Emily and Sarah's lives. Which parts could have been sped up? Slowed down?

Essay Topic 2

Several characters in The Easter Parade are writers. What are their attitudes towards writing? Are they successful as writers? Do they share any of the same traits? Discuss writers as characters.

Essay Topic 3

What are the family dynamics in The Easter Parade? Compare family life from the beginning of the text to the end. Compare the Grimes family to the Wilson family.

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