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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. Where did Annie go after she and Albie broke up?

2. What was the name of Annie's first art show at Viveca's gallery?

3. What is Annie's first real job as a teenager?

4. Aside from painting, what is Joe Jones's job?

5. What color is Viveca's wedding dress?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Annie describe Albie in Section 1?

2. What is the controversy over Joe Jone's death in Section 1?

3. How does Annie describe, in Section 1, the first time she mets Orion's mother?

4. How does Annie's career progress, as she tells it in Section 1?

5. How did Joe Jones start painting?

6. What is a secret quality that Minnie and Annie have in common as revealed in Section 1?

7. According in Orion in Section 1, how did the marriage disolve between himself and Annie?

8. Why is Ruth worried about her soul in Section 2?

9. How does Gualtiero Agnello know Joe Jones, in Section 1?

10. How does Annie describe her first apartment in Section 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Section 1, Agnello uses an old Italian proverb: "Destiny shuffles the cards, but we are the ones who must play the game" (21). How does this quote apply to the plot of the novels and the character's actions?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the theme of sexuality in the text. How do sex and sexuality impact the characters in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

What is imposter syndrome and how does it impact Annie throughout the novel?

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