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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 Roy accuse Coral of behaving at school functions?

2. Where will Tom and his family be staying during their holiday?

3. What does Gwen wish the students had done instead of Shakespeare?

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

5. In Act One, Scene Two, when are Jim and Gwen leaving?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many donations are made to help put on the play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. What donations are given to help put on the play? What do those donations reveal about community?

Essay Topic 2

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of Away? Why is it a drama? How is a play different from other literary works?

Essay Topic 3

Harry shares the news of Tom’s illness with Jim, and Tom shares the news of his illness with Meg. How is irony revealed about through these discussions of Tom’s illness? Where else does the playwright use irony? How does the playwright use irony in the play?

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