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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. What movie does Jim tell Meg that he took Gwen to see when they were first courting?

2. Who does Coral strike up a conversation with at the beginning of Act Three, Scene One?

3. In Act Four, Scene Three, what does the MC carry?

4. What is on the beach after the play in Act Four, Scene 3?

5. What does Meg give Gwen for Christmas?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Vic describe the place where she, Harry, Tom, Jim, Gwen, and Meg are camping in Act Four, Scene One?

2. In Act Three, Scene One, what do Meg and Gwen argue about?

3. Why do several campers approach Jim on Christmas Day?

4. How does the MC open the show in Act Four, Scene Three?

5. In Act Four, Scene One, what does Harry talk to Jim about when the girls go for a walk?

6. What does Tom tell Meg about the woman everyone thinks is an artist in Act Four, Scene One?

7. What does Roy threaten to do with Coral when he finds her on the roof with Rick?

8. What do Gwen, Jim, and Meg have to do and why in Act Three, Scene Four?

9. What happens to the sailor in The Stranger on the Shore?

10. What is Coral doing at the beginning of Act Three, Scene One?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Allusions are figures of speech used when an author mentions a person, place, or thing, but does not provide background information about the person, place, or thing. What are some allusions that the author uses in the play? Is research required to understand the allusions the author makes? Does the use of allusions make understanding what is happening difficult?

Essay Topic 2

Tom has cancer. Is Tom’s cancer terminal? Why do Tom’s parents keep the news that he is dying from him? Why does Tom not tell his parents that he knows he is dying? How are the secrets that they keep hazardous?

Essay Topic 3

Gwen has made sacrifices for Meg. What sacrifices has Gwen made for Meg? Why has Gwen made sacrifices for Meg? Why is it so important for Gwen that Meg never have to experience the poverty she experienced?

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