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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's son sometimes bring when he comes to visit?

2. Where did A learn the expression that B laughs at?

3. In Act 1, Part 1, A says that she is how many years older than "he" is?

4. How did the bracelet incident change the way A felt about jewelry?

5. According to A, who took advantage of Sis?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does C say about how she and Sis made a living in Act 2, Part 1?

4. How do A, B, and C react to the son's arrival?

5. What does A say about her living will in Act 2, Part 1?

6. What was the difference between the way A and Sis reacted to their father's death and the way their mother reacted?

7. Who are the three main characters?

8. What does B represent?

9. What is the significance of A's rambling and disjointed memories?

10. How does A react while she is telling the bracelet story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When A is upset about forgetting things, C suggests that there is safety and salvation in forgetting things. Do the other events of the play suggest that it is possible to do so? Or is it necessary to come to terms with the past and resolve the issues of one's past with the reality of one's present? How does A resolve the issues of her past before her death? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Sis is an archetype of the sibling rival. In what ways was A jealous of Sis, or competing with her? What qualities did A have which Sis didn't? How did A feel about the qualities she possessed that Sis didn't? How did their parents treat A and Sis? Was there any difference? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

A, B, and C all have different ideas of the best time of life. C feels that all the good times ended with her, B feels that middle age is the best time, and A feels that the best time is at the end. What are the reasons that each woman gives for her favorite time of life? Which one do you most agree with? Why? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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