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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Annie and Emily talk about in the front of the van on the way to Toronto?

2. Who wakes up and swears at Annie after the argument between Annie and Marie-Adele?

3. Who was Philomena having an affair with when she lived in Toronto?

4. When Zhaboonigan interrupts the women in the vehicle on the way to Toronto, what does she say?

5. Where do the women gather after they are denied money by the Chief?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the desires of the women at the beginning of the play. How do the women express their desires and wishes? How do these wishes come about? How do these wishes define their characters? Are the wishes of these women characters fulfilled? Support your reasoning with examples from the play.

Essay Topic 2

How does the experience at the world's largest bingo game change the women characters in the play? Do they move on from bingo? Does the place of bingo change in their lives? In what other ways do these women change? How does the death of Marie-Adele affect them? Use examples from the play to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the different structural elements executed in the play and what they do for the play as a whole. What lighting or sound changes occur and what prompts them? Are they necessary in the play? What is the author's purpose in using them? Also, discuss the montage scene in Act 2. Answer the previous questions about this scene. What do these structures do for the play as a whole?

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