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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. How much whiskey does Dan bring home?
2. Who is Helen Laski?
3. How old is Cindy?
4. How old is Ralphie?
5. Who tries to attack Robish?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Griffin tell Helen when she calls?
2. What do the police department do about their information?
3. Why is Griffin upset about Robish and Hank?
4. Why and how does Chuck confront Griffin?
5. What does Carson tell Bard about Hank?
6. What does Ralphie do when he comes home?
7. What happens when Cindy arrives home after her date with Chuck?
8. What is Cindy doing when Dan and Eleanor are in their room?
9. Who shows up at the house that night?
10. What do the police know about Flick and what does Bard order?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Desperate Hours belongs to the genre of drama. Answer the following questions in a well-developed essay using examples from the book as well as personal experience:
1. What do you think is the definition of drama? Write out your definition and then look up the definition in a literary dictionary. How similar are the two definitions?
2. Drama is written with the intention that it will be performed. How do you think this influences the manner in which the plot unfolds, the dialogue, the set complexity, the number of characters, and the length?
3. Compare Desperate Hours to a short story, such as "A Good Man is Hard to Find," by Flannery O'Conner. What are the differences? The similarities? Which do you enjoy reading the most?
Essay Topic 2
In the very opening of Act 1, one immediate theme of the play is obvious--that of convicts and the penal system of the United States. Choose one of the following questions and write a well-developed essay using examples from the book as well as personal experience:
1. Compare and contrast the penal system of the United States during the late-1940s and early-1950s to that of the early-21st century.
2. Answer the following questions after conducting some research: How do convicts manage to occasionally escape from what seems to be a very secure place? What type of prisoners tends to escape? How often do you think convicts escape? Do most escapees today refrain from harming hostages as was the case in this situation in Desperate Hours? Do you think the two brothers (Hank and Glenn) who were ultimately killed deserved death? What about Robish? What should happen to him?
3. Discuss the following questions in a cohesive essay: Do you believe today's prison system is cruel? Why or why not? What do you think is the reason for the high recidivism rate of convicts who are released and end up back in prison fairly quickly? Could the prison system do a better job of truly rehabilitating prisoners? What would that take?
Essay Topic 3
Dan and Glen are two of the most influential characters in Lord of the Flies and have a major impact on the rest of the characters in the story.
Part 1) Compare and contrast the characters of Dan and Glen. How are they the same? How are they different?
Part 2) What do you think would have happened if these two characters, Dan and Glen, never existed in the story, i.e., if Eleanor was a single mom and she and her children are held hostage by Hank and Robish? Use events from the book where the direct influence of Dan and Glen had an impact on others.
Part 3) Who is the better leader, Dan or Glenn? Cite several examples from the book to support your case.
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