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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 Elma get him instead of alcohol?

2. Which of the following characters is the owner of the restaurant?

3. Where is the character, Cherie, from?

4. Which character is about twenty-years-old and female?

5. Which of the following is an accurate description of Elma?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Will come into the restaurant to tell everyone?

2. What does Cherie come over to tell Bo about herself?

3. What does Virgil ask Grace after the bus leaves?

4. What were Grace and Carl doing at the beginning of Act 3?

5. Who reassures Cherie and how does he/she do it?

6. What advice does Grace give to Elma when she confides about her plans with Dr. Lyman?

7. Why does Cherie's resistance astound Bo?

8. What feelings about marriage does Virgil share with Bo?

9. Where does Bo talk to Virgil about taking Cherie and how does Virgil respond?

10. What does Bo ask Cherie before he heads out to the bus and what is her response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character is not what s/he appears to be they seem on the surface? Why do you think this is the case? How does this character change throughout the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Which character do you believe shows the most compassion in the novel? What actions does this character take to demonstrate compassion? Do you feel that this character's compassion is appreciated? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Which of the characters in the novel seem to demonstrate a relationship without possibilities? Why don't possibilities seem to exist with those characters you have identified? What changes occurred throughout the novel in these relationships to further separate them?

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