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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adolph say about the sweater?

2. What does Peachy do when he sees Lala?

3. After this small talk, what does Peachy ask Joe?

4. Where does this scene take place?

5. What does Boo come downstairs and do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The relationships between Boo and Lala and Reba and Sunny are very different.

Part 1) Describe these mother-daughter relationships. Use evidence from the play to support your description.

Part 2) Why are their relationships the way they are?

Part 3) How do these relationships reveal more about each woman's character, as well as how they relate to others?

Essay Topic 2

The end of the play is triumphant.

Part 1) How is it triumphant? What might be the author's reason for this?

Part 2) What do the characters learn about themselves? What do they learn about others?

Part 3) What is a new truth that both the readers as Sunny realize?

Essay Topic 3

There is a serious confrontation between Joe and Sunny towards the end of the first act.

Part 1) Describe this confrontation. Why does it take place?

Part 2) How do the aspects that they first found attractive about one another now cause tension?

Part 3) How does the love triangle play into all of this tension and hostility? What is the connection between this hostility and the theme?

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