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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 did the brace on Laura's leg sound like in her mind?

2. What did Amanda say she did when there was no more room for the flowers she had been picking?

3. What name does Jim call Emily Meisenbach, the girl he dated in high school?

4. What does Amanda give Jim in addition to the candelabrum to take to Laura in the parlor?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Amanda have Jim do while her and Tom are clearing the table and doing dishes?

2. What does Amanda do when the lights go off?

3. What does Amanda blame Laura's weakness on when she comes to the table and has to be taken to the couch?

4. What was it that made Jim and Tom friends at the warehouse?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

We are given a lot of background information about Jim from both Laura and Tom. What does it tell us about his nature to have all this information before we even meet the character? What does it tell you about Jim that he has roughly the same job as Tom after succeeding so well in high school?

Essay Topic 3

Jim kissed Laura and then explained that he was engaged. Do you think that this tarnishes his character? Does it make you think less of him than you did before? Why or why not?

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