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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 the world is lit by now?

2. Where does Amanda say that the Candelabrum came from?

3. What does Amanda say has happened to make her ill?

4. Where does Jim set the Candelabrum?

5. What did Jim go to Chicago to see?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jim try to convince Tom would be a good course for Tom at the college?

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

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

4. Where does Amanda tell Tom to go when he announces he is leaving?

5. Why does she tell Jim that he should look at the fuse box and not Tom?

6. What sights in Chicago does Jim talk about?

7. What does Jim stat might have happened to the light bill Amanda gave to Tom?

8. What does Jim advise Laura to remember about getting to know people and being shy?

9. What does Jim tell Laura about being old-fashioned?

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

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

What do you think happened to Laura after Tom and Jim left the apartment? What do you think became of Amanda? What do you get from the play that leads you to these conclusions?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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