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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 does Vic say that they drove past on their way to the beach in Act Four, Scene One?

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

3. Where does Act Three, Scene One, take place?

4. Why is Alice MacFaddyn not able to sing in Act Four, Scene Three?

5. Where are Harry, Vic, and Tom from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author uses the relationships between Meg and her parents and Tom and his parents to explore parent-child relationships. How would you describe the relationships that Meg and that Tom have with their parents? What causes conflicts between the parents and their children?

Essay Topic 2

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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