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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. For what did Popeye once make outfits to learn to sew?

2. What caused Carnelle's aunt to die?

3. What is Carnelle's last name?

4. What is Carnelle wearing when Popeye shows up at her house?

5. What is Popeye's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the protagonist of the story? How do you know?

2. What does Carnelle hope to obtain from winning the pageant? Are these hopes reasonable?

3. What is Carnelle's nickname and how did she get it?

4. How have Delmount and Elain distanced themselves from their mother?

5. Describe how Carnelle's persistence is not helpful in her life.

6. How does Carnelle look for love in the wrong ways?

7. What does Delmount think about his sister, Elain?

8. What is in the shoebox that Tessy brings to Carnelle and what does it represent?

9. What has happened to Popeye's eyes?

10. How is unhappiness a theme in the play?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the effects of each character's childhood, based on what you know about them? How does their childhood still affect their adult life?

Essay Topic 2

Which characters are content with their lives? In what ways is happiness a theme in the story?

Essay Topic 3

What causes Elain to decide to go back to her husband, Franklin?

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