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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. Why did the Quebrada hotel fire the Mexican kids?

2. When does Maxine say she never dresses?

3. What does Shannon have a degree in?

4. What does Shannon ask Maxine to stop doing?

5. What does Shannon ask Maxine to give Hank?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Shannon tell Hannah he will do if she lets him out of the hammock?

2. Why are there so many Nazis in Mexico?

3. What does Shannon say he likes to show people on his tours?

4. How does Act 1 end?

5. What is happening to Hank down at the bus?

6. What does Hannah tell Shannon about the hospital she visited in Shanghai?

7. How does Hannah plan to raise money to pay her hotel bill?

8. Why has Miss Fellowes not enjoyed the trip?

9. What does Maxine offer Shannon?

10. What does Hannah think Shannon's problem is?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and examine it what expresses about 1960s American society:

1) Sexual desire.

2) Religion.

3) Americans in Mexico

Essay Topic 2

Examine sex in the play.

1) How do the characters in the play view sex?

2) What does the representation of sex say about American society in the early sixties?

3) How did the public react to the novel's representation when it was first published? How would the public react to a similar book today?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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