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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. What did Gladys have to do to support herself and her daughter?
(a) Go to work.
(b) Sell her paintings.
(c) Make Anita perform for money.
(d) Worked in a night club.

2. How much could one earn in a dance marathon?
(a) Gift certificates.
(b) The title.
(c) A substantial amount for the times.
(d) A trophy.

3. How old is Anita in Chapter 3?
(a) 15 years old.
(b) 16 years old.
(c) 17 years old.
(d) It doesn't say.

4. Where did Anita move after she rejected her second marriage proposal?
(a) To Kitty Davis.
(b) To her old house.
(c) With her mother and Belle.
(d) To a run down hotel.

5. What did Anita become at the age of 17?
(a) Don's mistress.
(b) A famous singer.
(c) An actress.
(d) Don's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what was Anita offered?

2. What did the guest staying with Anita and her mom show towards Anita?

3. What did Anita feel she meant to her mother when she was growing up?

4. Who was Anita involved with in dance contests?

5. In Chapter 3, how much older was Anita's crush than she was?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Anita's life at age 14.

2. Describe the advertisement Anita saw in Chapter 2.

3. Describe what the Off-Beat was.

4. Describe Gladys.

5. Who is Don Carter?

6. Why did Anita give her mom her dance contest money?

7. Describe what happened after Anita's first sexual encounter.

8. What did Gladys allow Anita to do in Chapter 2?

9. How did Anita feel that her mother felt about her?

10. Who is Gene Kruppa?

(see the answer keys)

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