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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. How long had Robbie lived in the apartment with Larry and with Anna?

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

3. What has Anna turned to in order to find solace while she had the phone turned off during the day?

4. Where are Robbie's things, which is not a place where Larry wants to go in order to get them?

5. Pale says that he did not see __________ at the wake, which is because this person was not invited.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Anna's explanation as to why she hasn't responded to Larry all day?

2. Why does Pale decide to take off his shoes when in Anna's apartment a month after Robbie's death?

3. What does Pale want to drink the next morning when Larry offers him a tea?

4. What does Anna say when Burton asks her if she will ever move out of the loft and into his place?

5. What did Larry give to Pale when Larry stopped by the bar earlier?

6. How does Larry enter the scene on this New Year's Day/New Year's Eve in the second act?

7. When Anna asks Pale how he could marry someone he felt nothing for, how does he respond?

8. Describe the characters of Burton and Anna when the second act of the play begins?

9. What is the one thing that Robbie's family has never seen him do, which also upsets Anna?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Larry walks in on New Year's Eve in a funk, saying that there are more suicides at a gay New Year's Eve party than all of Scandinavia.

Part 1: Why do you think Larry is in such a foul mood when he comes back to the loft?

Part 2: Why do you think that Larry is smoking again, though he wasn't before?

Part 3: Do you think Larry is a person who will find his happiness? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Pale is an interesting character in the play, one that shakes up the world of not only Anna, but of Larry and Burton as well.

Part 1: Why do you think Pale was a character who was necessary in this play? What purpose does he serve?

Part 2: Why do you think Anna is drawn to Pale and to his odd mannerisms and personality?

Part 3: Do you think Pale is a character who can be trusted by Anna? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The experience of the wake is not a happy one for Anna, as she just wants to leave as she is so uncomfortable with Robbie's family.

Part 1: Why do you think Anna couldn't quite play along with the idea that Robbie was really her boyfriend?

Part 2: Do you think that Anna should have tried to make the best of the wake rather than trying to leave it? Why or why not?

Part 3: Do you think that wakes help families after a death? Why or why not? If so, how? If not, why not?

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