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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. Who has a security blanket?

2. Who cut off Dodge's hair?

3. Who is Ansel?

4. Who usually comes drunk after being out all night? And who does she bring with her?

5. Who's life is centered on a couch, television, and a bottle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Halie think about Ansel at the beginning of the story?

2. What are we told happened to Ansel?

3. How do the family members get along in the first act of this play?

4. What's one indication that Tilden is not his self and disturbed?

5. What might be Bradley's reasons for being so mean?

6. What is Tilden's condition when he gets back from his stay in New Mexico?

7. What is Halie's predication about Bradley and the corn husks on the floor?

8. Describe Tilden at the start of Act 1.

9. Describe Halie's character in the first act.

10. What proves that Halie is far from a care taking wife?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alcohol plays a major part in the story. In this story, is alcohol the cause of all the troubles? Or is it the outlet of the characters after all the troubles they have had?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Shelly and what is her personality? Was she too normal, hence she did not stand for the many weird circumstances around her? Was her reaction normal?

Essay Topic 3

Marriage is something that can greatly change a person, whether for the better or for worse is dependent on the circumstances surrounding it. Is there any method to determine whether or not two persons are compatible with each other?

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