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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 Gwen give Meg for Christmas?

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

3. What does Meg give Gwen for Christmas?

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

5. What is Jim missing in Act Three, Scene Two?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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