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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 think they will need to help get a gentleman caller for Laura?

2. When Laura offers to clear the table what activities does Amanda suggest she go do?

3. What does Tom tell Amanda his wish is?

4. What does Laura tell her mother she has been doing everyday when she should be at school.

5. What is it about Tom that make it clear he has been drinking when he returns home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What reasons are discussed for the lack of gentlemen callers that Laura will be receiving that evening in scene one?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

The fact that Tom paid The Union of Merchant Seamen instead of the light bill shows us something about Tom. Do you think that it shows that Tom has had enough and feels like he has to leave or that he has become callous in not caring what happens to his mother and sister? What do you see about Tom that makes you believe this?

Essay Topic 3

You are allowed to hear two phone calls that Amanda made while she was trying to sell the magazine subscriptions. What are you able to learn about her character listening to her end of the conversation? Do you think that she was successful in her attempts to sell the subscriptions? Why or why not?

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