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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 makes Tom think that James is into self-improvement?

2. What do Amanda and Tom both say they are at the end of?

3. What does Tom call Amanda's plot to get Laura a gentleman caller?

4. How does Amanda want Laura to pay Mr. Garfinkl at the store?

5. What did it say in the Personal Section of the yearbook about Jim and Emily Meisenback?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Amanda tell Laura she needs to cultivate?

2. Describe the places where Laura visits while she was supposed to be in her college classes.

3. What do Tom and Amanda wish for on the moon in scene five?

4. Where does Amanda tell Tom that most people get their adventure at?

5. Amanda doesn't believe that Tom goes to the movies every night. What does she allude to that she believes Tom is doing?

6. What does Amanda tell Tom he could afford if he would quit smoking?

7. What does Tom warn Amanda about the gentleman caller that he has invited over?

8. What does Tom tell Amanda that they are going to have the following night?

9. What are the names Tom tells his mother that he is called at the opium dens?

10. What does Amanda seem concerned about when she learns that Laura has dropped out of college?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tom says that in high school Jim was a hero and names off all his accomplishments. Does Jim become a hero after visiting the Wingfield residence? What occurs to bring you to this conclusion?

Essay Topic 2

Jim breaks the unicorn in Amanda's glass collection. She says that it may be a blessing because now that one can fit in with the horses and won't be all alone. Do you think that this is a reflection of what Jim did to Amanda? Do you think that he has chipped away the part of her that kept her separate from the others like her? What makes you think that?

Essay Topic 3

Based on what we know of the characters and the stories told about the father what kind of personality can you deduct that he may have had? Describe how you think the courting process went between Amanda and her husband. If you think it is contrary to Amanda's stories then explain why.

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