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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. Pale assures Anna that Robbie's family knew he was ____________.

2. What did Pale threaten the other driver that he would do if the other driver didn't back off?

3. Larry asks Burton what he thinks of the treatment that Hollywood gives to his _____________.

4. ______________ chides Anna by asking why she does not just go ahead and marry Burton for the money.

5. What does Larry come in carrying when he enters the scene with Anna and the others?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Robbie's family label Anna as since they are unaware of his love relationship?

2. Why is Anna feeling stiff and out of sorts when she is in this scene after Burton leaves?

3. What is the reasoning Anna gives for having spent a lot of money on the new flutes?

4. Why did Burton take a job at eighteen as a messenger delivering to various homes?

5. What does Burton reveal about the play that he is writing, though he does not seem to think it is viable?

6. What does Burton have to say in response to Pale's comment/question about whether she is sleeping with Burton, too?

7. What does Anna respond when Larry asks her and Burton why they aren't out partying the night away?

8. Why does Burton decide to go home after his conversation with Anna and with Larry?

9. Where is the loud noise that distracts Pale coming from when he is in Larry and Anna's apartment?

10. What are some of the things that Larry reveals he was told not to put on the Chrysler Christmas card he is designing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pale seems to be a person who can not stay on one topic for a very long time as he first talks to Anna.

Part 1: Why do you think Anna continues to talk to Pale, even though he is scattered?

Part 2: Why do you think Pale continues to change the subject while talking with Anna?

Part 3: Do you think that Pale and Anna are a realistic couple? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Anna points out that she is angry for not being able to have a proper goodbye with Robbie as she is talking to Larry.

Part 1: Why do you think Anna is angry about not getting a proper goodbye from Robbie?

Part 2: What do you think the importance of that final goodbye is for Anna?

Part 3: How do you think Anna could have had a proper goodbye with Robbie while at the wake?

Essay Topic 3

Burton makes the statement that life is about getting too personal, taking what is personal and making it the truth.

Part 1: Why do you think Burton feels so strongly about getting too personal?

Part 2: How does one take something that is personal and make it a truth?

Part 3: Why do you think that one should write "burn this" on something that is personal that has become a truth?

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