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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 A ask at the beginning of Act 1, Part 2?

2. How does A feel about the fact that most of her friends are dead?

3. Why was A jealous of Sis?

4. Who is B?

5. How does A think her son feels about her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in the premonition that A describes in Act 2, Part 4?

2. How does B reassure a weeping A when she can't remember details in Act 1, Part 3?

3. What does B say about the best time of life?

4. What is the significance of Sis's character?

5. What does A say about her reconciliation with her son in Act 2, Part 3?

6. How does C respond when A tells her to "grow up" in Act 2, Part 1?

7. To whom is A referring when she uses the pronoun "he"?

8. What does A say about her son in Act 1, Part 4?

9. How does A describe her relationship with Sis in Act 1, Part 3?

10. What happened to A's husband's shoulder?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The bracelet story is a turning point in A's life, as well as in the play's plot. How did the bracelet incident change A's life? How did it change her marriage? What long-lasting effects did it have on A's character? How did it affect her emotionally? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

A describes the changes that came over her mother after her father's death, and both B and C say that she couldn't possibly have changed so much In what ways did she change significantly? What caused their mother to change so much? What effect did these changes have on A and Sis's relationship with their mother? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

A tells her son of a premonition she had about her death. What are the most important details in this premonition? What is the significance of A's hand being cold when the son takes it? Why does A repeat this fact over and over? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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