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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 Vic think the trip will be for Tom?

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

3. In Act Two, Scene Two, why does Meg tell her mother to go to bed?

4. How does Roy accuse Coral of behaving at school functions?

5. At the end of Act Two, Scene Two, what sport does Meg comment that she could have played instead of being in the play?

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

3. Who does Roy thank in Act One, Scene One?

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

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

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

7. What complaints does Gwen have about the play?

8. In Act Two, Scene One, what does Tom say about going on the trip?

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

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

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

What separates Roy and Coral? What separates Jim and Gwen? What separates Meg and Gwen? How do these character reconnect? How do they find reconciliation?

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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