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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. Where was Trilby or Betty playing by Chapter 3?

2. What did Anita's idol use to convey the messages of her songs?

3. Who eventually proposed marriage to Anita while she was still married to Don?

4. In Chapter 2, what did Gladys allow Anita to do?

5. Who is Carl Hoff?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what the Off-Beat was.

2. What eventually happened to Don and Anita?

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

4. Describe Anita's life at age 14.

5. Describe how Gladys and James became married.

6. Why did Anita drown her sorrows in cognac and marijuana in the Chelsea Hotel?

7. Who is Don Carter?

8. Why did Anita run away in Chapter 1?

9. Describe the people Anita says could not maintain a menial job, like "regular folks".

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the Anita that lived during the Great Depression to the Anita that lived during World War II. How are they similar and how do they differ?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss Anita's time at the Off-Beat and Chelsea Hotel, and how this particular time was significant to Anita's beginning use of drugs and alcohol.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Anita's time with Gene Kruppa's band and what Anita realized about life on the road through her time traveling to different gigs.

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