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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 does Amanda want to be certain the gentlemen caller doesn't do that her husband did?

2. What does Amanda say that Tom should have done the minute he accepted Tom's invitation?

3. What two words does Amanda say when Laura tells her hello?

4. What happens when Tom is trying to get his coat on as he goes out the door?

5. What is Amanda wearing when Tom and her enter the dinning room?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the play conducted to show that it is a memory?

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

3. Amanda doesn't believe that Tom goes to the movies every night. What does she allude to that she believes Tom is doing?

4. What does Amanda seem concerned about when she learns that Laura has dropped out of college?

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

6. What are the names Tom tells his mother that he is called at the opium dens?

7. Describe the places where Laura visits while she was supposed to be in her college classes.

8. What does Amanda tell Tom to wait on before he leaves for the merchant marines?

9. When and where does the story take place?

10. What is Amanda worried will happen if Tom happens to leave?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tom says that in high school Jim was a hero and names off all his accomplishments. Does Jim become a hero after visiting the Wingfield residence? What occurs to bring you to this conclusion?

Essay Topic 2

With the father gone there is obvious strain on Tom who is forced to take the role as the main income of the house and remain a son at the same time. Do you believe that Amanda has had to sacrifice much? Given the era and the limited role women had do you believe that Amanda could have done more for her children? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Tom describes the play as being dimly lighted, sentimental and not realistic with music to accompany everything that happens because it is a memory. Do you that these characteristics help to prove the fact that it is a memory? Why or why not?

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