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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. Where does Mr. Easter tell Rose he will find her a job?

2. What do the women gossip about, regarding Mrs. Maurrant?

3. For whom is the ice cream that Agnes Cushing buys?

4. What is a constant throughout the play?

5. Over what do they argue?

Short Essay Questions

1. What character opens Act 2? What is he or she doing? What does this say about this character?

2. What do the women do as soon as Mrs. Maurrant leaves and is out of ear shot?

3. How do the others explain Mr. Maurrant's mood?

4. On what does Rose blame her father's attitude? What is Mrs. Maurrant's reaction?

5. What does Mrs. Maurrant have in her hands as she enters the scene? Why does she have this?

6. What does Willie want from his mother? Why does his mother give in?

7. What does Rose say to cheer Sam up about the future?

8. How does the audience know that Mr. Sankey and Mrs. Maurrant are having an affair?

9. What is a constant throughout the play? Why?

10. How does Mrs. Maurrant react when Mrs. Jones tells her not to let her daughter get involved with a Jew? Why does everyone insist she not date a Jew?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters interact like a family.

Part 1) How do they interact like a family?

Part 2) What has brought them together as a family-like unit?

Part 3) Do they care for one another throughout the entire play? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

There is a heat wave throughout the country.

Part 1) Why do the characters frequently discuss this?

Part 2) What is the author's purpose for having this mention of heat threaded through the play?

Part 3) How does this heat add to the struggles of the characters?

Essay Topic 3

Mr. Maurrant is an angry, miserable character.

Part 1) How do you know this?

Part 2) How does his behavior affect his relationships with others?

Part 3) Compare and contrast his behavior throughout the play to his behavior at the end of the play.

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