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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. How did A feel about being tall when she was younger?

2. When did the incident with the bracelet occur between A and her husband?

3. How do B and C know that A is still alive?

4. Who is A?

5. What was A wearing on the night that the bracelet incident occurred?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to B, how did her affair with the groom end?

2. How do A and C feel about jewelry?

3. How does C describe herself in Act 2, Part 1?

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

5. What happens to A at the end of Act 1, Part 4?

6. What does A say about her in-laws in Act 2, Part 2?

7. What does A say about her personal strength, in Act 1, Part 4?

8. How does A describe her relationship with Sis in Act 1, Part 3?

9. Why are A and B so impatient with C?

10. What does A say about the best time of life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A makes references to her son, and their estrangement, before the son materializes in person in Act 2. What caused the estrangement between A and her son? How was this estrangement resolved? Was A able to forgive her son? If not, how was their reconciliation reached? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

A's disjointed memories serve several purposes throughout the play. How do they allow for exposition? Is this an effective method of exposition? Why or why not? How do these memories highlight A's mental deterioration as it parallels her physical deterioration? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

A and her son had a falling-out, which was a result of many things that happened between them. How did her son's sexuality influence A's relationship with him? How did it affect their relationship when the son confronted A with his knowledge of her affair? Why? What other factors affected their relationship? What enabled them to reconcile? Was it a true reconciliation? Why or why not? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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