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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. Where are Harry, Vic, and Tom from?

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

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

4. In Act Three, Scene Four, what is Gwen missing?

5. How old is the carving is at the end of the beach in Act Four, Scene One?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Harry shares the news of Tom’s illness with Jim, and Tom shares the news of his illness with Meg. How is irony revealed about through these discussions of Tom’s illness? Where else does the playwright use irony? How does the playwright use irony in the play?

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

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?

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