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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 has Hickey been hinting to Cora and Chuck?

2. What do Pearl and Margie do to Cora?

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

4. Hickey is a friend of whom?

5. What story has Hickey not told?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has happened to Wetjoen and Lewis?

2. What happens when Hickey calls the girls whores?

3. Who is Harry?

4. Who is Willie?

5. About what does Mosher reminisce?

6. Why is Hickey at the bar?

7. What do Mosher and McGloin say about Harry?

8. How does Parritt feel about his mother?

9. What does Harry say he knew all along?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hugo is inebriated the entire play.

Part 1) What is his purpose in the play?

Part 2) How do the other characters interact with him?

Part 3) Describe him at the end of the play, as compared to the beginning.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Chuck is a pimp, and Cora is a prostitute.

Part 1) What is their pipe dream?

Part 2) How do they make this pipe dream come true?

Part 3) Are they successful? Why or why not?

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