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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 Early Days, Part 1, Chapter 3, how old was the narrator's father?

2. Where were the dance classes held that the narrator and Tracey attended in Early Days, Part 1, Chapter 2?

3. In Intermission, Part 3, Chapter 3, what was the narrator's mother wearing when she was elected to a political office?

4. In Intermission, Part 3, Chapter 4, how long had it been since the narrator's father died?

5. In Intermission, Part 3, Chapter 2, in Time Square, what clothing company ad did the narrator notice?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Early Days, Chapter 6, what was Tracey's bedroom like?

2. In Intermission, Chapter 3, how did the narrator describe Washington Square Park?

3. In Early Days, Chapter 14, how did Tracey help the narrator?

4. In Early Days, Chapter 7, what were the schools like that Tracey and the narrator attended?

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

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

7. Where did the narrator shop for an outfit to wear when she met Aimee, and what did she buy in Part 2, Chapter 3 of Early and Late?

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

9. In Part 2, Chapter 2 of Early and Late, what did the narrator say about her boss?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The narrator and Tracey watched a 1936 movie titled Swing Time. What did the movie represent to the girls? What did it symbolize? How was the fact that the author used the title of the movie as the book title symbolic?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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