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

2. What does woman wonder out loud about Visitor?

3. What does Woman think about Visitor's suggestion that she confront her husband about the suitcase?

4. What does the audience learn about the character named Visitor at the start of 'Suitcase'?

5. What, does Visitor tell Woman at the end of 'Suitcase', is her final obstacle?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Visitor think that whatever is in the suitcase is alive?

2. Why does Boxer consider himself forgetful?

3. What comment does Hippie Girl make about the world?

4. How does Boxer's body feel in round three?

5. What does Woman says is stuck on Visitor's Elbow?

6. What does Visitor use to try and open the suitcase? What happens when Visitor tries to open the suitcase?

7. What will Boxer wear on fight day for good luck?

8. In the play 'Suitcase', who does the suitcase belong to? What does this person say is in the suitcase?

9. When does Hippie Girl first mention her sister and what do we learn about the sister?

10. What does Woman want to spray on the suitcase and why does Visitor not want to?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe both the literal and symbolic meaning of the suitcase in the play 'Suitcase'. What does the suitcase represent in the play?

Essay Topic 2

Which play does the quote "Once again, a man turned into a stick and vanished" come from and who speaks the phrase? What does the quote mean in context of the whole play?

Essay Topic 3

What does Woman's choice to not look inside the suitcase at the end of the play say about the message Abe is trying to convey? Does he convey this message clearly?

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