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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 Nuna remember about her Daddy?

2. What does Zlata say Bosnia was at the very end of Scene 16?

3. How does Zlata finish J.S.'s sentence, "It's the..."?

4. What does J.S. say she has learned a lot about on her trip?

5. What word does Nuna use that Zlata objects to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the stage as it appears at the opening of Scene 7.

2. How does J.S. calm Seada in Scene 14?

3. What is the significance of J.S. hearing Melissa vomit?

4. How does Nuna feel about her mixed heritage?

5. What is Zlata's theory about how the war happened?

6. How did Jelena get a black eye?

7. How did Melissa stop her horrible nightmares?

8. What is Seada doing at the start of Scene 14?

9. What is the argument about the alcohol in Scene 13?

10. Why is Azra in a hole in Scene 12?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who are the "Necessary Targets" of the play and how does the title connect to the text of the play?

Essay Topic 2

How does Ensler use masks, both physical and emotional, to advance the theme of pretense in this play?

Essay Topic 3

In the scene by the river, Melissa asks the women what they are all waiting for. Please choose three of the refugees and explain what they are waiting for and how those things connect them to one another.

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