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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 illness does J.S. think she has?

2. What happened to Zlata's parents?

3. In Scene 10, what does Azra say she is waiting for?

4. What does J.S. sing to the women?

5. What does Melissa say everything is about for J.S.?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the argument about the alcohol in Scene 13?

3. How did Melissa stop her horrible nightmares?

4. Describe the Bosnia that Zlata remembers.

5. How does J.S. describe Melissa?

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

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

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

9. How does Scene 10 end?

10. What is the significance of J.S. hearing Melissa vomit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Please choose at least three examples and discuss the way violence is portrayed in "Necessary Targets."

Essay Topic 2

Please discuss the importance of coffee to the play's action and characters.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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