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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. What does Meg say that she wants to be when she grows up?

2. Who does Roy give a message from about the flowers in Act One, Scene One?

3. In Act One, Scene Two, what does Tom hope happens to Gwen and her family so they end up in the hospital?

4. In Act One, Scene Two, what does Tom give Meg after the pay?

5. Where are Harry and Tom when Act Two, Scene One, opens?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Gwen grow up and when did she leave home?

2. What complaints does Gwen have about the play?

3. What happend to Roy and Coral's son, and why does Roy say that he had to go?

4. What does Gwen complain about in Act Two, Scene Two?

5. What does Tom say when he hears Gwen disparaging his family?

6. In Act Two, Scene Two, what conversation does Meg have with her father about her mother?

7. How does the play, A Midsummer's Night's Dream, end?

8. Who does Roy thank in Act One, Scene One?

9. Why does Vic come to check on a noise she hears in Act Two, Scene Four, and what does she find?

10. What do Roy and Coral discuss at the end of Act One?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many donations are made to help put on the play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. What donations are given to help put on the play? What do those donations reveal about community?

Essay Topic 2

The climax in a play is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of the play and why is that incident the climax?

Essay Topic 3

Tom and Coral perform a play together at the campground. Why is The Stranger on the Shore an allegory? What is the message of the play?

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