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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 animal is the hair on Visitor from?

2. Why has Woman not yet opened the suitcase?

3. After asking Visitor if she can keep a secret, what does Woman bring into the room?

4. What does Visitor determine by looking at the suitcase's lock?

5. When does the suitcase finally open?

Short Essay Questions

1. What falls from the sky at the start of 'The Man Who Turned into a Stick'? What does the audience realize the object is?

2. What is Woman going to make her husband for dinner?

3. What does Boxer promise to do with his life in round four?

4. What does the offstage voice in 'Suitcase' warn the women not to lose? How does voice describe the item he does not want them to lose?

5. What does the voice offstage tell Boxer in round one?

6. What does Woman bring on stage to show Visitor. What does the audience actually see Woman bring onto the stage?

7. Why does Woman not want to open the suitcase? Why does Visitor think she has not opened it?

8. What does the stick reveal about himself at the end of the play?

9. What does Woman ask Visitor about towards the end of the play that convinces Visitor to stay. What is Visitor's response to the question?

10. Why does Woman's husband say the suitcase should not upset Woman?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of Abe's plays and discuss the theme of that play. Be sure to discuss how Abe addresses that theme throughout the play, symbolically and otherwise.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of monologue in the play 'Cliff of Time'. How does Abe use monologue to create the plot in this story? Be sure to include the definition of monologue in your answer.

Essay Topic 3

What is the message Boxer receives in the three fortune cookies? What does this message mean in context of the play? What is the symbolic meaning of the fortune cookies?

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