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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 Bill once more tell Mr. Morse?

2. What does Jackie decide to do?

3. What does Mr. Katz tell Mr. Morse?

4. For whom is Mrs. Bellotti looking?

5. Who descends the hotel steps and greets Bill and the Girl?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Suzy go back to her room?

2. Why does Mrs. Bellotti enter the scene?

3. With whom does Suzy arrive? How does Mr. Katz feel about this guest?

4. What happens when the Girl gets a phone call from her pimp?

5. What exciting news does Mrs. Oxenham have?

6. What does Jackie do for Mr. Morse?

7. How does Jackie begin to annoy Mr. Katz?

8. What has happened to Jamie? How do the others treat him?

9. What does the group discuss after Suzy has left?

10. What does the Girl inquire about the Hotel Baltimore?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Three of the characters are prostitutes.

Part 1) Describe these characters.

Part 2) Why might be the reason for the playwright making them prostitutes?

Part 3) Do these prostitutes act how you would expect a prostitute to act? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The Girl remains nameless.

Part 1) Describe the Girl.

Part 2) Does she seem to notice or mind not being called by a name? Why might be the reason for the way she reacts to being called Girl?

Part 3) What is the author's purpose in leaving her nameless?

Essay Topic 3

The play takes place in the Hotel Baltimore.

Part 1) Describe this setting.

Part 2) How does the setting reflect the characters?

Part 3) The play is set in the present. How is it relevant at any time?

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