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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 Act 1, Scene 8 take place?

2. What does Sandy want from Heather in Act 2, Scene 2?

3. How does Sandy feel at the end of the Act 2, Scene 2?

4. How is Sandy supposed to fix the problem with the apartment?

5. Who comes to talk to Curt in Act 2, Scene 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Based on the description of the Act 2, Scene 1, setting, what can we assume about Curt and Sandy's sleeping arrangements?

2. In Act 2, Scene 4, why is Curt so upset about the raid?

3. How does Sandy react when Beth arrives at Curt's apartment and finds her there? Have examples from Act 2, Scene 1, support your answer.

4. How have Doug and Curt switched roles? Support your answer with evidence from the play.

5. Is there evidence to support Curt holding Beth's middle-class upbringing against her in Act 2, Scene 3?

6. Is there evidence to support the fact that Curt may be in some trouble after stealing the money?

7. How does Curt feel about Sandy arriving at this apartment in the middle of the night?

8. In Act 2, Scene 6, when does Curt realize he has made a terrible mistake?

9. How does Curt upset Sandy in Act 1, Scene 8? Is there evidence in the same scene that Curt's intentions weren't to hurt her?

10. What about Sandy's personality makes her horrified at Curt stealing the money? Use examples from the play to support your answer.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The title of the play is "Blue Surge."

1. How is it an appropriate title for this play? Use examples to support.

2. Is it still an appropriate title when we meet the characters a year later? Why or why not? Use examples to support.

3. What would need to change in the play so that the title would no longer make sense?

Essay Topic 2

Sandy comes home to find her apartment destroyed and chained closed because Heather allowed her friends to have free reign of Sandy's apartment.

1. Should Sandy have to suffer because of Heather's mistakes? Was Sandy partially responsible for what happened to the apartment? Why or why not? Use examples from the play to support.

2. What does Heather's behavior with the apartment show about her character? Use examples from the play to support.

3. How would the story have changed if Heather or Sandy had been more responsible for the apartment? How would this change have impacted the outcome of the play? Use examples from the play to support.

Essay Topic 3

Curt and Sandy both had difficult childhoods.

1. Is Sandy a prostitute because of her upbringing? Would she have been a prostitute regardless of past?

2. Did Curt steal the money because his father was a robber? Would he have stolen that money regardless of his father's influence?

3. Are the other characters in the play a product of their parents' upbringing? Why or why not?

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