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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. What is Emily fearful of in Part 3: Chapter1?

2. Who is Emily having these conversations with in Part 3: Chapter 1?

3. What is Peter doing in Part 3: Chapter 1?

4. Where is Emily working in 1965?

5. What does Emily discover about her sister in Part 2: Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens with Emily and Howard's relationship at the end of Part 3: Chapter 2?

2. What happens at Sarah's funeral and reception?

3. What is happening career-wise for Emily in Part 3: Chapter 3?

4. Do you agree with Emily that Tony killed Sarah or do you disagree?

5. What does Emily do to help Sarah in Part 2: Chapter 4?

6. What happens at the beginning of Part 2: Chapter 3?

7. Why does it appear that this relationship between Howard and Emily will not work?

8. What does Tony do after Sarah's funeral?

9. Who is Michael Hogan?

10. Describe the party that Emily attends thrown by a friend in Part 3: Chapter 3.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the Easter Parade Sarah and Tony attend in Part 1? Discuss it's context in relation to the rest of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Yates choose Emily to be the narrator? What is achieved by making Emily the narrator? Are there any advantages? Disadvantages?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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