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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rose ask Sam if there is a certain way she should act in a synagogue?

2. What does Mrs. Maurrant tell her daughter that sometimes she thinks?

3. What does Mrs. Maurrant have just enough strength to do?

4. What is Sam repeatedly trying to find out?

5. What does Fred tell the crowd?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Life goes on at the end of the play.

Part 1) How does life go on?

Part 2) Why might the author choose to end the play this way?

Part 3) How are you, as the reader, affected by this ending? Why? Would the playwright be satisfied by your reaction to the end? 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

Several characters in this play drink alcohol.

Part 1) Who are these characters?

Part 2) Why might they be drinking alcohol?

Part 3) What affect does this drinking play in their behavior and the decisions they make?

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