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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is anticipated at 5:30 p.m.?

2. Why does Bruce want to take Lola and Marie to a fancy hotel?

3. What does Marie predict will happen by next week?

4. Where do Lola and Doc find Little Sheba's body in Lola's dream?

5. What does Lola do as Marie and Bruce prepare to eat?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the taboo of pre-marital sex in the 1950s. Compare and contrast pre-marital sex in America during the 1950s to pre-marital sex in America today. What major changes have occurred, both positive and negative?

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Lola. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are some of her negative characteristics? What are her hopes and fears? What motivates her--if anything--at this point in her life?

Essay Topic 3

The play seems to come full circle from Lola calling out for Little Sheba and then finally realizing that Little Sheba is not going to return. Do you think Lola is really satisfied in her own mind? Or is she just temporarily pacifying Doc? Explain your opinion.

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