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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. At the beginning of Act Three, Scene Four, what is the weather like?

2. Why is Gwen afraid that Jim will be struck by lightning in Act Three, Scene Four?

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

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

5. What is the name of Tom and Coral's play?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to the lovers in The Stranger on the Shore?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Coral and Roy’s son died before the play began. How did their son die? How does grief affect Coral? How does Coral struggle with grief?

Essay Topic 2

Campers approach Jim with a list of complaints. Why do the campers have a list of complaints? What does a perceived sense of privilege have to do with the complaints? Why does Jim tear up the complaints?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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