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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What dismays Ralphie's teacher?
2. Why does Bard become embroiled with Griffin?
3. What does the person want?
4. Why do the criminals let Dan and Cindy go to work as usual?
5. What does Bard wish he had done to Griffin?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Desperate Hours belongs to the genre of drama. Answer the following questions in a well-developed essay using examples from the book as well as personal experience:
1. What do you think is the definition of drama? Write out your definition and then look up the definition in a literary dictionary. How similar are the two definitions?
2. Drama is written with the intention that it will be performed. How do you think this influences the manner in which the plot unfolds, the dialogue, the set complexity, the number of characters, and the length?
3. Compare Desperate Hours to a short story, such as "A Good Man is Hard to Find," by Flannery O'Conner. What are the differences? The similarities? Which do you enjoy reading the most?
Essay Topic 2
In drama, setting plays a little different role than in a novel or even a film. Most of the setting is limited because of the logistics of changing sets and the expense of creating very many different scenes. Answer the following questions in a well-developed essay using examples from the book as well as personal experience:
1. How do you think the rather limited setting of Desperate Hours affects the overall impact of the play?
2. Most of the action of the play takes place in the Hilliard's living room and upstairs. How would you maximize the creating of these two scenes for the most versatility and interest?
3. What other aspects of a play do you think is enhanced by limited setting? Give examples.
Essay Topic 3
Tensions begin to mount halfway through Act 2, and Griffin seems to be losing control of the other two convicts. Answer the following questions in a well-developed essay using examples from the book as well as personal experience:
1. Do you think the other two men had originally decided that Griffin was their leader? How do you think it was determined who took charge?
2. Who is in charge of the Hilliard family? Why do you think this is so? Do you think the dynamics of the family would be different in the 21st century? Would the same person still be in charge?
3. Who else in the book seems to demonstrate leadership qualities besides Dan and Glen? Does anyone?
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