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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 Heidi teach?

2. What is Scoop's prediction?

3. What does Heidi tell the young man who asks her to dance?

4. Scoop is an editor for which newspaper?

5. Who does Heidi meet at the dance?

Short Essay Questions

1. Susan gives Heidi very specific instructions on behavior at the dance. What instructions does Susan give Heidi?

2. Heidi criticizes the painting of Lily Martin Spencer for a particular reason. What is that reason?

3. When Fran invites Heidi to share, what does Heidi do?

4. What is Heidi and her friend Debbie protesting in 1974?

5. Why does Heidi's old friend Peter show up at the protest?

6. Describe Heidi's personality.

7. By reading the Prologue, what facts do we learn about Heidi and the play in general?

8. Heidi discloses information about herself when mentioning her high school dance. What is that piece of information?

9. What is the background of Lisa, Scoop's new wife?

10. What reason does Scoop give for marrying Lisa rather than Heidi?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the similarities and differences between Lisa and Heidi?

Essay Topic 2

What initially attracts Peter and Heidi to each other and why do they carry on their life-long friendship?

Essay Topic 3

By the end of the play, what does Heidi do to bring a wholeness to her life?

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