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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 excuse does Grace use to go to her apartment?

2. Which of the following characters is a former college professor?

3. What are Grace and Elma expecting to arrive?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What insight into Bo and Cherie's relations does Virgil share with Bo?

2. What information does Will share with Grace and Elma about their prediction?

3. What does Virgil do to ensure that Bo and the sheriff don't fight?

4. What are Grace and Elma predicting will happen to the cafe and why do they think that way?

5. How does Elma react to Dr. Lyman's suggestion and what does Dr. Lyman then tell her?

6. What does Dr. Lyman ask for and how does Elma respond?

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

8. How does Elma feel about about what she learns about Dr. Lyman's past?

9. How does Bo feel after he apologizes to Cherie and what does Virgil do to try and help?

10. What foods does Bo order?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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 of the characters in the novel seem to demonstrate a relationship with possibilities? What possibilities seem to exist with those characters you have identified? What changes occurred throughout the novel in these relationships?

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