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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 Jim claim to be when Amanda asks if he can carry both items to Laura in the parlor?

2. Where are the candles when the lights go out?

3. What does Laura remember about her brace?

4. Who does Jim say was talking to him about Tom?

5. What does Tom say he is tired of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Amanda say that she is rejuvenated that night?

2. What does Jim remember about Laura from school as apposed to what she remembers.

3. What does Amanda tell Jim he has been good for?

4. Why is Jim on friendly terms with Tom at the warehouse and he feel that Tom is valuable to him?

5. When Amanda is getting Laura ready what does she say that Laura couldn't possibly be satisfied with?

6. What do Jim and Amanda say about candlelight?

7. What does Laura say to Jim before he recognizes her?

8. What does Amanda say about the supper that has been prepared?

9. What happens to Laura when she learns who it is that is coming to dinner with Tom?

10. Describe Amanda's mannerisms and look when she enters the the room to talk to Jim and Tom in scene six.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Amanda was so quick to accuse Tom of knowing that Jim was engaged and inviting him over regardless? Do you think that she really believed that or was she just angry? Why or why not?

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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