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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. In a story that Gwen tells, how long does she say that she left home and did not return?

3. In Act One, Scene One, who provided the lumber for the play?

4. In Act One, Scene One, what year does the play take place?

5. Where is Coral in Act One, Scene Three?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What complaints does Gwen have about the play?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gwen makes snide comments about Henry and Vic. Why does Gwen make snide comments about Henry and Vic? How are her comments prejudiced? How are the campers with the petition also prejudiced? How does prejudice affect how characters act towards one another?

Essay Topic 2

Roy and Coral’s relationship is strained by their son’s death. How would you describe Roy and Coral’s relationship? How has it been affected by their son’s death? What does the storm that can be seen from the roof of the Gold Coast hotel symbolize about their relationship?

Essay Topic 3

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

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