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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 word does Jess report that her mother had been trying to say after Jess's birth when the nurse had misheard?
2. In what city is Ani's new apartment located?
3. What does Jess do in order to cause John's body to "spasm and splay" (64)?
4. Jess is described as the "child of a" (19) what?
5. How many of the play's 9 scenes are noted to occur on "the same Friday night in December" (5)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the symbolism of the light therapy box discussed in Scene Two?
2. What do Ani's text messages to Eddie during their marriage symbolize?
3. What evidence lies within Scene Two that suggests that Ani has hope of regaining her physical proclivities?
4. In what way does Majok instruct the reader to interpret the word "fuckin" (6) within the dialogue of the play?
5. What final question does John ask Jess before he offers her a job?
6. In what ways is Scene Two similar to Scene One, in terms of theme and structure?
7. How is Jess's character described within the character notes at the start of Scene One?
8. What does Eddie do for a living?
9. What is the setting of the Prologue?
10. What simile does John use to describe what having cerebral palsy feels like?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine the symbolism of the props used in the play, including the blanket, the pizza, and the emergency button.
Essay Topic 2
Examine the play's messages regarding vulnerability and safety and which characters and situations are used by the playwright in order to explore these themes.
Essay Topic 3
What is the central purpose of this play? What response do you think Martyna Majok wants from her audience? How does each character support the playwright’s purpose? Write an essay exploring these questions.
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