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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shannon call Hannah?

2. What does Hannah say comes after the Fourth of July?

3. In what state did Shannon have his church?

4. Where did Shannon get the gold cross from?

5. What does Hannah put around Nonno?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Mexican and American culture.

1) What are the differences between the two cultures?

2) In what way have the two cultures influenced each other?

3) How would the author represent Mexican culture and Mexican's if the play were released today?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the structure of the play.

1) How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

2) Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the play's themes?

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