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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 does Gwen say that Tom's family lives?

2. What does Meg say that she wants to be when she grows up?

3. What does Jim tell Meg worries her mother in Act Two, Scene Two?

4. Who baked the cakes for the play in Act One, Scene One?

5. In Act One, Scene Two, what does Tom hope happens to Gwen and her family so they end up in the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Vic come to check on a noise she hears in Act Two, Scene Four, and what does she find?

2. Where did Gwen grow up and when did she leave home?

3. What complaints does Gwen have about the play?

4. How does Harry say that he and his family will spend their holiday?

5. How does the play, A Midsummer's Night's Dream, end?

6. What does Gwen say about Tom and his family?

7. What conversation do Meg and Tom have before they leave?

8. What do Roy and Coral discuss at the end of Act One?

9. What complaint does Roy have about Coral's behavior at school functions, and how does she respond?

10. What does Gwen complain about in Act Two, Scene Two?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gwen accuses Meg of making snide remarks. Has Gwen been making snide remarks? Are Meg’s remarks similar to her mother’s comments? Is Gwen being hypocritical when she accuses Meg of being rude?

Essay Topic 2

Gwen spends much of the play complaining. What type of person is Gwen? How does she change during the course of the play?

Essay Topic 3

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning?

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