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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. Why does Bill suddenly jump up?

2. What does Bill begin to do?

3. What does the Girl want to know about the Pioneer Hotel?

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

5. Why is Mr. Morse getting a cold?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Paul respond to this news? What does the Girl do to try to cheer him up?

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

3. Why does Paul leave the hotel?

4. How does Millie try to distract Paul?

5. How does the Girl get Mr. Morse to come out of the closet?

6. What does the Girl want to know about the Pioneer Hotel? What does Millie tell her?

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

8. What does Paul inquire of Mrs. Oxenham?

9. What does the Girl come back into the lobby and tell Mr. Katz about the hotel management company?

10. How does the Girl try to help Paul?

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 author is trying to tell the reader that a person's circumstances do not define him or her.

Part 1) How do circumstances not define a person, according to the author?

Part 2) Give two examples of this from the play.

Part 3) Do you agree with the author? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Paul is searching for his grandfather.

Part 1) What does he learn about his grandfather at the hotel?

Part 2) Why is Paul so desperate to find his grandfather?

Part 3) Why does Paul suddenly end his search? What does this say about Paul's character?

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