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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 Zhaboonigan's name mean?

2. What superhero does Pelajia refer to in the beginning of the play?

3. What important event does Marie-Adele have planned in Toronto around the time of the big bingo game?

4. What are Nanabush and Windigo?

5. What happens in Act 1, Scene 3, Part 1 when Zhaboonigan runs from the store?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pelajia comment to her sister, Philomena, about bingo and the old ways?

2. What is Pelajia's first idea for getting the money to travel to Toronto for the big bingo game? What is her argument for this idea?

3. What is happening between Emily and Zhaboonigan in Act 2, Scene 8? What kind of relationship do these two characters seem to emulate?

4. Describe the anticipation of the women for the biggest bingo game in the world.

5. What does Zhaboonigan try to do as Marie-Adele is being led away with Nanabush? Why do you think she tries to do this?

6. What happens when the women get frustrated after they aren't successful at the bingo game?

7. What semi-serious plan do the three women: Pelajia, Philomena, and Annie, hatch while they are talking about bingo and prizes?

8. What does Emily reveal about her days in San Francisco with a biker gang? What does she say about her friend and what she is angry about?

9. What is the women's reaction to the news about the biggest bingo game? What does Emily Dictionary specifically want to do if she wins?

10. How does the play end?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the different structural elements executed in the play and what they do for the play as a whole. What lighting or sound changes occur and what prompts them? Are they necessary in the play? What is the author's purpose in using them? Also, discuss the montage scene in Act 2. Answer the previous questions about this scene. What do these structures do for the play as a whole?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the play, the relationships between the women evolve and change. Sometimes the women have a negative, violent relationship with each other and at other times, they can be vulnerable and intimate with each other. Discuss this changing relationship between the characters. Who expresses it? Why does it change? What effect does it have on the play? Use examples from the play to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the characters in the play including Pelajia, Philomena, Emily, Annie, Veronique, Zhaboonigan, and Marie-Adele. Who is she and how would you best describe her? What is her backstory? How does it affect her character in the play? What is her role in the play? Does she change or evolve over the course of the play? Why? Use examples from the play to support your answer.

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