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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 Jim doing at the door while he is whistling?

2. What does Amanda hope Tom and Jim will get home before?

3. What does Tom say the world is lit by now?

4. What does Jim comment about when Laura shakes his hand?

5. What does Tom say he is that he did not intend to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Amanda do as soon as Jim has left the house?

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

3. Why does Jim explain to Amanda that Laura looks so serious?

4. Why did Laura go to all three of Jim's high school choir performances of The Pirates of Penzance?

5. What things does Tom say described what Jim was like and what he did in high school?

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

7. What does Jim warn Tom about referring to the conversation with Mr. Mendoza?

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

9. What do Jim and Amanda say about candlelight?

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

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

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?

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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