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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 calls Anna looking for Tommy at the beginning of Free Women: 2?

2. Who is Nelson?

3. Whom is Marion living with in Free Women: 4?

4. Who is caring for Richard's three boys in Free Women: 5?

5. Who stops drinking after Tommy's suicide attempt?

Short Essay Questions

1. What news does Anna have to tell Marion in Free Women: 3?

2. How have Anna and Molly's lives changed in Free Women: 5?

3. When Tommy visits Anna's flat in Free Women: 2, what do they talk about?

4. Explain the conversation between Tommy and Anna in Free Women: 4?

5. What is the plot for the new story Anna thinks of in 'Golden Notebook'?

6. How does Saul end up publishing a book?

7. Explain what happens to Tommy in Free Women: 2?

8. In Free Women: 2, what does Anna sense about Tommy?

9. Why does Richard want to meet with Anna in Free women: 3?

10. How does Saul make Anna feel about herself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Ella's insight about free women towards the end of the novel. What does she realize about being a free woman in the world of married men? Why do you think she finally had this powerful thought? How will it change her actions? Should she have realized this earlier in her life?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast two company offers to buy the rights to Anna's book. How are they alike? How are they different?

Essay Topic 3

Why doesn't Anna separate herself completely from the Communist Party when she becomes fearful of it?

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