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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. For what does Hickey again apologize?

2. For what does Willie wake up enough to beg?

3. Who refers to the bar as "The End of the Line Cafe"?

4. What does Larry accuse Hickey of being?

5. Who wakes Hugo up from his drunken stupor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hickey kill Evelyn?

2. What happens to Parritt after he leaves the bar?

3. What is the story about?

4. What does Harry say he knew all along?

5. What does Hickey do after he encourages the others to keep drinking?

6. How does Parritt feel about the Movement?

7. Who is Harry?

8. To what does Larry's annoyance at Parritt lead?

9. Why does Willie refuse Rocky's drink offer?

10. About what does Mosher reminisce?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This is a play to be performed.

Part 1) How might watching a performance compare to reading the play?

Part 2) Could aspects of the play be interpreted differently? Why or why not?

Part 3) How would a performance enhance the story for a viewer? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Hickey's wife dies.

Part 1) How does she die?

Part 2) Why does she die?

Part 3) How does Hickey cope with her death?

Essay Topic 3

Parritt's mother is imprisoned.

Part 1) Why is she imprisoned?

Part 2) What role does her son have in her imprisonment?

Part 3) How does his role in her imprisonment affect him?

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