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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 the first item that Tom drops when he gets to his door?

2. Where does Tom tell Amanda he is going to?

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

4. What do Amanda and Tom both say they are at the end of?

5. How does Amanda intend to get the money she feels they will need?

Short Essay Questions

1. When and where does the story take place?

2. What does Amanda tell Laura she needs to cultivate?

3. What does Amanda ask Tom to do for Laura?

4. What is the significance of Malvolio the Magician that Tom watches perform?

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

6. What does Amanda tell Tom he could afford if he would quit smoking?

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

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

9. Where does Amanda tell Tom that most people get their adventure at?

10. What are some of the things that Amanda wants Laura to do instead of clearing the table in scene one?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think that Jim would have kissed Laura if she had not remembered him from his high school years when he was so popular? Compare Amanda and Jim's characters.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Jim breaks the unicorn in Amanda's glass collection. She says that it may be a blessing because now that one can fit in with the horses and won't be all alone. Do you think that this is a reflection of what Jim did to Amanda? Do you think that he has chipped away the part of her that kept her separate from the others like her? What makes you think that?

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