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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 are the contents of Aunt Lizzy's letter?

2. Where is SB when Aunt Lizzy visits?

3. How does Ben Burton perceive the United States?

4. Why does Gar ask his father to say something in Episode 2?

5. Where was Con's first job in the U.S.?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lizzy mean by her remark “typical Irish” (47)?

2. When does Aunt Lizzy say Gar will start working and where?

3. What, according to Lizzy, is the difference between Ireland and the United States?

4. How did Ben Burton help Lizzy and Con?

5. Why is SB not able to meet Lizzy and Con when they visit Ireland?

6. Why does private Gar interrogate public Gar after the flashback in Episode 2?

7. Who is Ben Burton?

8. What does Lizzy describe in the flashback in Episode 2?

9. What do public and private Gar check after Boyle leaves?

10. What likely makes public Gar accept Lizzy’s offer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the theme of dream and compare it with the feeble plans Gar makes to make them come true.

Essay Topic 2

In an essay, elaborate upon the relationship between public and private Gar and SB O’Donnell.

Essay Topic 3

The passage of time and the need to cope with change affects every character in the play. Explore how different characters respond to time and change and the consequences of those responses.

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