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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 Doug reveal about Heather's arrest?

2. What does Beth wonder about the bust at the massage parlor?

3. What does Curt reveal about his family to Sandy in Act 1, Scene 5?

4. Why is the massage parlor's location so important?

5. What will $100 buy Doug?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Curt react to Doug's statements about Sandy in Act 1, Scene 7?

2. What makes Curt and Sandy's time together in Act 1, Scene 1, seem awkward?

3. Why does Curt feel the need to have Sandy over to his apartment?

4. Does Doug have a right to arrest Heather? Support your answer with evidence.

5. Why isn't Sandy mad at Curt for trying to trap her into accepting payment for sex?

6. Is their evidence in Act 1, Scene 6, to support the fact that Sandy and Curt are attracted to each other as more than just friends?

7. Sandy gives Curt a special massage to try to ease his tension. What does Sandy do during the special massage?

8. Curt and Sandy talk about their lives a little bit. Does Curt seem to like his job? Why?

9. Why is Beth so intent on Curt pursuing the promotion to lieutenant?

10. Why would Doug strip naked and just stand there waiting for Heather to come back?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Curt and Sandy discuss how they feel like they are watching themselves while alone in the state park.

1. What do they mean be this statement? How can someone watch themselves?

2. What does this quality reveal about both characters? Use examples from the play to support.

3. Do any elements about Doug and Sandy suggest that they understand how to watch themselves? Have examples from the play to support.

Essay Topic 2

Each character in the play is unique and different in their actions, statements and theories.

1. Do any of the characters have moral values? Why or why not? What are the values the characters have? Use examples from the play to support.

2. If the characters had had different values -- like Sandy having the same beliefs and values as the Christian Coalition -- would the play have had a different tone or theme? Why or why not?

3. Do the characters' values change from the beginning of the play to the end? How? Use examples to support.

Essay Topic 3

Sandy comes home to find her apartment destroyed and chained closed because Heather allowed her friends to have free reign of Sandy's apartment.

1. Should Sandy have to suffer because of Heather's mistakes? Was Sandy partially responsible for what happened to the apartment? Why or why not? Use examples from the play to support.

2. What does Heather's behavior with the apartment show about her character? Use examples from the play to support.

3. How would the story have changed if Heather or Sandy had been more responsible for the apartment? How would this change have impacted the outcome of the play? Use examples from the play to support.

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