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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Cap'n Dan say Pop's suggestion will not work?

2. What does Jack believe took much out of his mother?

3. When does this speaker feel the audience will truly understand what he or she is saying?

4. What does Weaver ask Dixon about the deal?

5. Of what do the Germans go out in search?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Contrast exists throughout several scenes in this play.

Part 1) Describe these contrasts. How do these contrasts enhance the story?

Part 2) What is the purpose for these contrasts?

Part 3) What do these contrasts reveal about real life?

Essay Topic 2

Mrs. Bachman is Ellie's mother.

Part 1) How is she affected by Ellie and Jack's relationship? Why?

Part 2) What is the purpose of her soliloquy?

Part 3) Based on what you know about her, how might she have reacted to Ellie's suicide?

Essay Topic 3

Jack and Ellie perform scenes from Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Part 1) What is Uncle Tom's Cabin? Why is this significant?

Part 2) What does this performance reveal about Jack? How does it echo events in previous scenes?

Part 3) Is this performance an effective way to indirectly reveal what is happening to Jack's character? Why or why not?

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