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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 actually happened to Doona?

2. What has Melissa received about which she is excited?

3. What does J.S. throw to the ground in anger?

4. What does Zlata tell J.S. she was for them?

5. Which woman exhorts the others to sing at the end of Scene 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Scene 10 open?

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

3. Describe the Bosnia that Zlata remembers.

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

5. Describe the stage as it appears at the opening of Scene 7.

6. How does J.S. get Azra out of the hole?

7. How does Nuna feel about her mixed heritage?

8. How did Jelena get a black eye?

9. What does J.S. accuse Melissa of near the end of Scene 13?

10. What is Zlata's theory about how the war happened?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using at least three specific examples, discuss the significance of the tape recorder in "Necessary Targets."

Essay Topic 2

In the scene by the river, Melissa asks the women what they are all waiting for. Please choose three of the refugees and explain what they are waiting for and how those things connect them to one another.

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of Ensler's setting both the opening and closing scenes in J.S.'s apartment?

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