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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 is Laura's explanation for the lack of gentlemen callers?

2. What does Tom say his father was thinking of when he left?

3. When does Amanda tell Tom she will speak to him?

4. How does Amanda want Laura to pay Mr. Garfinkl at the store?

5. How does Amanda describe Laura's state when Laura calls herself a cripple?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Tom give for them not expecting to much of Laura in regards to the gentleman caller?

2. What does Tom tell Amanda that they are going to have the following night?

3. What is Tom's role in the play?

4. What do Tom and Amanda wish for on the moon in scene five?

5. Why are some of the things Tom and Amanda fighting at the start of scene three?

6. What are some of the things Tom lists that he hates about the warehouse?

7. How does Amanda describe the majority of her suitors and what became of them?

8. Why does Laura want Tom to apologize to Amanda?

9. Describe what Amanda wears to her D.A.R. meetings.

10. What is the reason that Laura quit her college classes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tom tells Amanda that they shouldn't expect to much from Laura. Do you think that Amanda expects to much from Jim's visit or that Tom expected to little? What does it tell us about Tom that he didn't tell Jim about his sister when he invited him over for dinner?

Essay Topic 2

Based on what we know of the characters and the stories told about the father what kind of personality can you deduct that he may have had? Describe how you think the courting process went between Amanda and her husband. If you think it is contrary to Amanda's stories then explain why.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the differences between Tom and Laura. What is it about their temperaments that have made them react so differently to Amanda? Do you think it is possible that she treats Laura and Tom differently? If so why and how?

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