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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. In Intermission, Part 3, Chapter 4, how many men did the narrator's mother remember were thrown off the Hungerford Bridge?

2. In Early and Late, Chapter 4, who was on the wall with Aimee in Tracey's bedroom?

3. In Intermission, Part 3, Chapter 1, how are the narrator and Aimee exercising?

4. In Early Days, Part 1, Chapter 8, what was the name of the man who came to Tracey's flat?

5. In Early and Late, Chapter 6, where would Tracey's father go when things got too hot for him in the neighborhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Tracey and her mother think about the narrator's interest in old songs and the piano player, Mr. Booth?

2. In Intermission, Chapter 4, what did the narrator remember about her father's funeral?

3. What did the narrator and Aimee remember about their meeting and how it lead to Aimee hiring the narrator in Part 2, Chapter 3 of Early and Late?

4. In Intermission, Chapter 3, what did the narrator remember about London?

5. What happened to YTV, where the narrator had worked?

6. In Early and Late, Part 2, Chapter 1, What was the sleeve of the single like that the narrator and Tracey bought for a birthday present?

7. In Intermission, Chapter 2, how did Aimee have an unusual attitude to time?

8. In Early Days, Chapter 3, why did the narrator have to stay out of their flat until dinner time?

9. At the end of Intermission, Chapter 2, what did Aimee ask the narrator?

10. In Intermission, Chapter 1, what did Aimee help create?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One time when barhopping with Aimee, the narrator ended up singing with the piano player. Why did Aimee imply that the song revealed that the narrator was not a happy person? Why did the incident cause a rift between the two women? What did the narrator singing symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

There were some negative consequences of the school project. What were the negative consequences of the school project? What problems did the village face after the school was built? What did those issues reveal about the issues caused by charity and charitable acts?

Essay Topic 3

Fern made a comment that “with wealth you get to be thoughtless” (253). Why did Fern make that comment? What did he mean by that comment? How did that comment reflect on Aimee’s work in Africa?

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