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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 Vic wish that she could give Tom for Christmas?

2. In a story that Gwen tells, how long does she say that she left home and did not return?

3. How does Roy accuse Coral of behaving at school functions?

4. What soundtrack blares from a loudspeaker in Act One, Scene One?

5. Before Gwen goes to bed in Act Two, Scene Two, what does she ask be taken out?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Gwen say about Tom and his family?

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

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

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

6. What complaints does Gwen have about the play?

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

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

9. What conversation do Meg and Tom have before they leave?

10. What complaint does Roy have about Coral's behavior at school functions, and how does she respond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gwen accuses Meg of making snide remarks. Has Gwen been making snide remarks? Are Meg’s remarks similar to her mother’s comments? Is Gwen being hypocritical when she accuses Meg of being rude?

Essay Topic 2

Gwen spends much of the play complaining. What type of person is Gwen? How does she change during the course of the play?

Essay Topic 3

There is a bonfire after Tom and Coral’s play. How do characters interact with the bonfire? What does the bonfire symbolize?

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