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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. Where is the character, Cherie, from?

2. Which of the following descriptors best could be used to describe the relationship between Bo and Cherie in the restaurant?

3. What happened to separate her family from Cherie?

4. What type of alcohol does Dr. Lyman ask for?

5. Why do Grace and Elma believe the restaurant will have to stay open late?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What information does Cherie share about her family and her occupation?

3. How is Bo in the opening scene in Act 3?

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

5. How does Cherie feel about her current situation with Bo and what conclusion does she come to about marriage?

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

7. What reason does Virgil give Cherie for not pressing charges against Bo?

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

9. After some time passes, what does Bo work up the nerve to tell Cherie?

10. Why does Will come back to the the restaurant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways does Bo further alienate Cherie? Does he intend for his actions to be interpreted this way? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways is it obvious to the reader that the author was born in Kansas? Do you feel that he was better able to make this play seem realistic since he was born in Kansas? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Which relationships end with new possibilities? Which relationships seem to be tied up tightly? Why do you think the author allows for some relationships to be tied and some to have new possibilities?

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