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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who moves in with Anna in 'Blue Notebook'?
(a) Richard.
(b) Marion.
(c) John Smith.
(d) Saul Green.

2. What kind of party does Anna attend in 'Red Notebook'?
(a) A memorial.
(b) A book club.
(c) A Communist gathering.
(d) A wedding.

3. For three years, what kind of entries is there in the black notebook?
(a) Love-related.
(b) Travel-related.
(c) House-related.
(d) Money-related.

4. What does Molly consider sending to the Communist Party?
(a) "The Shadow of the Third" novel.
(b) The red notebook.
(c) The golden notebook.
(d) The blue notebook.

5. Who asks Anna why she is considering joining the Communist Party in part of Red Notebook?
(a) Marion.
(b) Richard.
(c) Molly.
(d) Tommy.

6. Where does Anna enroll Janet in 'Blue Notebook'?
(a) Boarding school.
(b) Public school.
(c) Dance class.
(d) Piano class.

7. What does Anna write about under the heading "money" in 'Black Notebook'?
(a) Her bills.
(b) Her savings account.
(c) A magazine requesting pages from her journal.
(d) Her debt.

8. In 'Black Notebook', where is Anna when she talks sarcastically to the person in her lunch meeting?
(a) At the restaurant.
(b) In the bar.
(c) On the street.
(d) On the phone at home.

9. What does the man in Ella's novel want to do?
(a) Get married.
(b) Move.
(c) Quit his job.
(d) Commit suicide.

10. Who is Ella's son?
(a) Mark.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Richard.
(d) Michael.

11. What does Anna dream about in 'Black Notebook'?
(a) A film crew taping her novel.
(b) A funeral.
(c) A movie premiere.
(d) A wedding.

12. Whom was Max married to?
(a) Janet.
(b) Marion.
(c) Molly.
(d) Anna.

13. What is Ella's profession?
(a) Politician.
(b) Actress.
(c) Writer.
(d) Storekeeper.

14. Whose party is Ella going to in 'Yellow Notebook'?
(a) A writer at the magazine.
(b) Anna's boss.
(c) An editor at the magazine.
(d) A doctor who writes for the magazine.

15. How does Ella feel when she is on a break from her boyfriend?
(a) Happy.
(b) Angry.
(c) Melancholy.
(d) Sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Anna feel about the popularity of what she writes about in the black notebook?

2. Whom does Molly ask about why they lied in 'Red Notebook'?

3. What does Anna use as the basis for her stories?

4. What does Anna tell Mother Sugar in 'Blue Notebook'?

5. What about the main character is mirrored by the structure of the book?

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