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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, according to private Gar, is the difference between Ireland and the United States?

2. What is in the suitcase Madge brings in?

3. Why did Gar not go to college?

4. What is Madge doing when the play opens?

5. What does Boyle give Gar?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Gar not finish college?

2. When does Katie marry Francis? How does private Gar console public Gar?

3. Why is public Gar ecstatic in the beginning of the play?

4. How realistic is private Gar’s pretense about public Gar being employed by the owner of the biggest chain of hotels?

5. What was the age difference between Gar’s mother and father?

6. What does private Gar suggest that Maire was unhappy about in her marriage?

7. What is Boyle’s parting advice to Gar?

8. Why does public Gar always assume a surly gruffness when speaking to his father?

9. In what way are the reactions of private and public Gar different as they remember Katie?

10. Why does private Gar question public Gar whether the latter understands the implications of his decision to leave?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on symbols in the play and their function in bringing out character, setting and theme.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Gar’s friends and their reaction to Gar’s impending departure. Are his friends part of the situation Gar wishes to escape?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on the role of substitute mothers in the play. Does Gareth seek maternal love through his actions? Support your position with evidence from the play.

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