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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 is Pedro using to chop down the nuts?

2. What does Grandfather say he is made of?

3. Which of Fred's belongings does Maxine offer Shannon?

4. What does Maxine say she is not operating?

5. What did Fred do with the fish he caught?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Shannon want to stay in the hammock?

2. Why did Shannon take a job as a tour guide?

3. Why will Shannon receive no compensation?

4. What reason does Maxine give for Shannon's angry sermons and sexual relations with young girls?

5. Why does Shannon refuse to hand the keys to Latta?

6. How does Hannah react to being called a deadbeat?

7. What impresses Shannon about Hannah?

8. How does Shannon help Hannah?

9. Why is Miss Fellowes angry at Shannon?

10. Why does Hannah refuse to let Shannon free?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Tennessee Williams' life. In what way is his life and personality is reflected in the play? Where could he have learned about the world of espionage? In what ways is he like or unlike the main character?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

How does living in a dead marriage affect someone mentally? Why did Maxine and Fred stay together? Would they have been any happier if they had split up?

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