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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. In 'Suitcase' what is Visitor not interested in speaking about?
2. At the end of 'Suitcase', what emotion does Woman expect Visitor feels towards her?
3. What does the audience learn about the character named Woman at the opening of 'Suitcase'?
4. Why has Woman not yet opened the suitcase?
5. What does Visitor think is in the suitcase after it makes noise?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Hippie Boy accuse Man and Woman from Hell of doing?
2. What falls from the sky at the start of 'The Man Who Turned into a Stick'? What does the audience realize the object is?
3. 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?
4. Why does Boxer enjoy fighting? What advice does he recall about his opponents?
5. Who do Hippie Boy and Girl suspect threw the stick and where is that person located?
6. What does Boxer tell Mr. Kimura he is confident in prior to the fight?
7. In the play 'Suitcase', who does the suitcase belong to? What does this person say is in the suitcase?
8. How does Boxer's body feel in round three?
9. What does the voice offstage in 'Suitcase' speak about? What facts does the voice reveal about the person he or she is speaking about?
10. What does Hippie Boy sell in addition to the stick?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the relationship between Man and Woman from Hell? How does their relationship differ from Hippie Girl and Boy? How is it similar?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss how the three plays in this collection are linked and why Abe chose to place these three plays in one collection? Start with 'Suitcase' and continue through 'The Man who Turned into a Stick.' Make sure to address the points in each play that share similar themes with the previous plays.
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