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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 name causes Bard to feel terror?

2. How much whiskey does Dan bring home?

3. What does Cindy's arrival at home cause?

4. What town is the setting for the play?

5. What happens while Cindy is keeping the attention of the criminals?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Griffin do at the Hilliard house that evening?

2. What does Carson tell Bard about his behavior?

3. What does Dan tell Ralphie and what does Ralphie and Griffin do after Eleanor and Chuck have left the house?

4. What do the police department do about their information?

5. How does Dan feel and what does he say about Cindy?

6. What does Hank tell Griffin and what does Griffin try to do?

7. How does Bard feel after he kills Griffin and how does Carson respond?

8. What happens to Griffin when he leaves the Hilliard house?

9. What is happening at the home of Dan and Eleanor Hilliard with their oldest child at the opening of the play?

10. Why is Dan Hilliard suspicious when he arrives home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

In Act 2, the setting jumps back and forth between the Hillards' home and the Sheriff's office. Tension seems to be mounting in both places. Answer the following questions in a well-developed essay using examples from the book as well as personal experience:

1. How does the jumping back and forth between the two settings contribute to the rising drama and suspense? Or does it? Is it an effective technique?

2. Discuss the different manifestations of the tension in each setting and how each person is responding to the tension.

3. How does Chuck's

Essay Topic 3

Near the end of Act 2, Carson calls Bard with the news that Hank has been shot and killed trying to steal a car with a gun registered to Dan Hilliard.

1. Do you feel any sympathy for Hank's death? Why do you think he put himself in a position to be killed? Or did he?

2. Do you think the police did everything possible to capture rather than kill Hank (especially in light of what Bard says near the opening of the play that he wishes he had killed Hank's brother when Bard had the chance)? Explain your thoughts on the situation.

3. Do you think most police would prefer to capture a suspect rather than kill him/her? Why or why not?

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