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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Ella no longer healthy in 'Yellow Notebook'?
(a) Because Paul left her.
(b) Because she is ill.
(c) Because of Tommy's death.
(d) Because her daughter died.

2. What does Anna do when she is alone in her flat in 'Blue Notebook'?
(a) Plays a "naming" game.
(b) Reads.
(c) Sleeps.
(d) Writes.

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

4. What is Anna no longer a part of in the third 'Red Notebook'?
(a) The Communist Party.
(b) A writer's group.
(c) A mother's group.
(d) Molly's book club.

5. Who is in jail in 'Red Notebook'?
(a) Anna.
(b) Richard.
(c) The Forest Brothers.
(d) Tommy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 'Black Notebook', what does Anna's novel have to do with?

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

3. Why were friends of Michael's killed by the Communist Party?

4. What does Anna lose in the last 'Yellow Notebook'?

5. In 'Black Notebook', what is the idea to change the novel's theme?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens on Ella's flight home from Paris?

2. What does Anna dream about in 'Red Notebook'?

3. What sign does the reader have that Anna had been disillusioned for a while with the Communist Party?

4. What is noteworthy about the way Richard eats strawberries Free Women: 1?

5. What does Anna realize about her African experience in 'Black Notebook'?

6. Describe Anna's emotions in response to the reaction of the novel "Frontiers of War".

7. What does Anna decide to do with her novel "Frontiers of War"?

8. What is Anna scared when she reads her notebooks again in 'Blue Notebook'?

9. Why does Anna stop writing in her diary?

10. Describe the fear that Anna expresses to Mrs. Marks in 'Blue Notebook'.

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