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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. Why does Marie-Adele drop to her knees before she can punch Veronique?

2. Where does Emily say she will take Zhaboonigan if she wins the big prize in bingo?

3. Where does Veronique tell Marie-Adele she has seen Emily Dictionary going?

4. Why does Marie-Adele tell the seagull she can't go with him?

5. Why does Veronique's daughter become angry with herself?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pelajia get the women's attention as they are bantering about the big bingo game? What does she want to get their attention for?

2. What is the conversation between Emily and Annie while Annie is driving the van to Toronto?

3. What happens in the encounter between Zhaboonigan and Nanabush in Act 1, Scene 3, Part 1?

4. In the van on their way to Toronto, what fears does Marie-Adele express about Annie considering anything should happen to Marie-Adele?

5. What semi-serious plan do the three women: Pelajia, Philomena, and Annie, hatch while they are talking about bingo and prizes?

6. What is Annie's response to Marie-Adele's fears over what might happen after Marie-Adele's death?

7. What does Marie-Adele confess to Pelajia about her husband, Eugene, and their intimate life?

8. As the women meet to try and plan their trip to Toronto and the biggest bingo game, what do they argue about?

9. How is Zhaboonigan related to Veronique? How did Veronique come to care for the girl?

10. What happens when the women get frustrated after they aren't successful at the bingo game?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Women are the main focus in this play while men attain a background or even negative role. Discuss the negative or background role of the men in this play. Why are there no male characters? In what light are the male characters spoken about? What do the views and discussions of the women lead the reader to believe about the male characters in their lives? Include in your discussion the characters of Big Joey, Eugene, Simon, the Chief, Henry, and Fritz the Katz.

Essay Topic 2

Community with others is a large part of the human experience. Discuss the community within the play. Do we get a sense of community among the women? What is the most important community group for these women in the play? For example, is their physical community, where they live, as important as their personal, relationship community with each other? How does this sense of community affect the characters and how do they change throughout the play because of it? Use examples from the play to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

We see an abundance of physical and emotional violence in the play. It almost seems as this is a way of life among the women. Discuss the presence of physical and emotional violence in the play. Who expresses it and for what reason? Does this attitude change? How does the violence affect the women and is it supported? Use examples from the play to support your answer.

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