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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Grandpa, what should not be squelched?
2. What is Gay interested in?
3. Why is Ed hesitant to leave the apartment?
4. Why does Tony make this decision?
5. What does Mrs. Kirby announce?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Mr. Kolenkhov brings a guest.
Part 1) Who is the guest and why has he brought her?
Part 2) Why does the author include this character in the play?
Part 3) Based on this character, what must life have been like for immigrants during the 1930s?
Essay Topic 2
Paul and Mr. DePinna spend a lot of time in the basement.
Part 1) Why are they in the basement?
Part 2) How does this affect the rest of the household and guests?
Part 3) How does this get them and the rest of the household into trouble?
Part 4) Why might the playwrights have created these characters? What or who do they represent in American society?
Essay Topic 3
The entire family is arrested.
Part 1) Why? What takes place during their jail time?
Part 2) How does this arrest affect Alice? Does this arrest prove that Alice was right to believe her family could not be accepted in Tony's world? Why or why not?
Part 3) Will the Sycamores and Kirbys be able to move past this incident and become one cohesive family? Why or why not?
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