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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 Melissa say is not her verb?

2. Which of these is not a smell Zlata mentions in Scene 8?

3. What does J.S. hear Melissa doing at the beginning of Scene 15?

4. Of what does Melissa accuse J.S. at the end of Scene 13?

5. What was Seada holding when she ran from her house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the things that J.S. and Zlata say might drive them to violence?

2. What significant compliment does Zlata give J.S. in Scene 16?

3. How does J.S. calm Seada in Scene 14?

4. Why is J.S. scratching?

5. How does Scene 10 end?

6. What actually happened to Seada's baby?

7. What is Melissa's feeling about the recorder in Scene 9?

8. What happened to Zlata's parents?

9. Why does Nuna think J.S doesn't like them?

10. How does Nuna feel about her mixed heritage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who are the "Necessary Targets" of the play and how does the title connect to the text of the play?

Essay Topic 2

Please explain how Melissa is a foil to J.S. Be specific.

Essay Topic 3

Compare J.S.'s character in the opening scene with the J.S. who returns home; use at least three specific examples.

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