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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. Chick tells Lennie that Lenny's gift to her daughter fell apart because:

2. When Chick arrives with Babe, she is upset because:

3. Lenny's birthday gift turns out to be a box of candy, which suggests:

4. Meg explains their mother's suicide by telling Babe:

5. What secret does Babe reveal about Lenny to Meg?

Short Essay Questions

1. What possibilities does Barnette Lloyd present as Babe's attorney.

2. What is Meg's attitude toward her family?

3. Chick's return visit forces what to happen?

4. What is ironic about Lenny's birthday wish?

5. What "crime" has Meg committed against Granddaddy in Act II?

6. What impedes Lenny's growth or happiness?

7. What does Doc appear to want from his meeting with Meg?

8. Describe Old Granddaddy's relationship with his granddaughters.

9. What do Meg and Babe's comments about Charlie reveal about the sisters.

10. What kind of relationship did Babe have with Zackery?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you evaluate any character from the text as "successful" or "unsuccessful" according to their own standards and those of society in general.

Essay Topic 2

A kitchen has many connotations. List a few of these connotations and defend or criticize Henley's choice of the Magrath kitchen as the central setting for the play.

Essay Topic 3

Consider Henley's use of humor at opportune moments in the play. Then write an essay in which you identify Henley's most successful examples of humor in the text, and discuss the effect these moments have on the author's purpose.

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