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

2. How is the MC dressed in Act Four, Scene Three?

3. What does Gwen give Meg for Christmas?

4. At the beginning of Act Three, Scene Two, who does Gwen yell at?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What separates Roy and Coral? What separates Jim and Gwen? What separates Meg and Gwen? How do these character reconnect? How do they find reconciliation?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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