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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 Tom say his father was thinking of when he left?

2. What is the young man's name that Tom invites over for dinner?

3. Why does Amanda state she knows Tom isn't going to the movies?

4. What does Amanda tell the children they have to do with their food that animals do not?

5. Tom states that in memory everything seems to happen to what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why do you think Tom apologizes to Amanda?

5. When and where does the story take place?

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

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

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

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

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

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

When Tom is telling Amanda that Jim is coming over she begins to question him about Jim and if he drinks. Amanda tells Jim that old maids are better off than wives of drunkards. Taking into consideration the time and place do you think that Amanda is right? What would have been the difference between the life of an old maid and the life of a drunkards wife?

Essay Topic 3

Would the family had been better off if Jim had not come to dinner? Would Tom have stayed longer even though he had already paid his dues to The Union of Merchant Seamen? What makes you think this?

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