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

Short Answer Questions

1. Meg hesitates at first to go out riding with Doc because:

2. Barnette's personal vendetta against Zackery involves:

3. Who calls while the girls are setting up the card game?

4. Meg's desire to remain while the hurricane hit Biloxi suggests:

5. When Meg went crazy in L.A., what did she do with her jewels and valuables?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the ideas of fault and blame in Henley's play. What idea or events connect to fault and blame for the Magraths? What message is Henley communicating through the ideas of fault and blame in her play?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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