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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 are Roy and Coral traveling for their holiday?

2. In Act Two, Scene Three, how many things does Roy have that he wants Coral to consider?

3. Who does Roy give a message from about the flowers in Act One, Scene One?

4. At the beginning of Act Two, Scene Two, what does Gwen ask Meg if she wants to take?

5. How long have Tom and his family been in Australia?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Act Two, Scene Four, what does Vic ask Tom to do about the trip?

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

3. What does Tom say when he hears Gwen disparaging his family?

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

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

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

7. What happend to Roy and Coral's son, and why does Roy say that he had to go?

8. In Act Two, Scene Two, what conversation does Meg have with her father about her mother?

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

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

Subtext is an unspoken or not obvious meaning in a drama or story. Where does the author use subtext in the play? How does subtext reveal emotions and conflict?

Essay Topic 2

Campers approach Jim with a list of complaints. Why do the campers have a list of complaints? What does a perceived sense of privilege have to do with the complaints? Why does Jim tear up the complaints?

Essay Topic 3

Tom and Coral perform a play together at the campground. Why is The Stranger on the Shore an allegory? What is the message of the play?

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