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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. Who is great with horses?

2. What store do Holly and the narrator steal something from?

3. What does the narrator tell Holly when he leaves a message in her mailbox?

4. How does Holly get rid of the "mean reds"?

5. According to the narrator, how does Holly always look?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mr. Arbuck angry at Holly when he takes her home?

2. Describe O.J. Berman.

3. Based on this first section, how might Holly Golightly have gotten her name?

4. What does Holly do on Thursdays?

5. What are the "mean reds" according to Holly?

6. Why is Mag hesitant to marry Jose?

7. Why is Mr. Yunioshi angry at Holly, and how does she calm him down?

8. What does the narrator gather about Holly, based on her garbage?

9. How does Holly describe her childhood to the narrator?

10. What good news does the narrator receive while collecting his mail?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Holly's relationship with the narrator to her relationship with Jose and/or Rusty Trawler. What are her motivations for obtaining and maintaining these relationships?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Holly Golightly as a popular culture icon. In what way has the image and character of Holly Golightly endured over the years? Why is this character so intriguing to the public? What role did the 1961 film play in developing Holly Golightly into a cultural icon?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Capote's use of names to describe the personalities of the characters. What effect does this have on the story? Why does Capote choose to leave the narrator nameless?

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