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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 does Frank do after pulling the car over?

2. What happens when the leading man becomes sick and unable to act?

3. What scheduling snafu takes place?

4. How do the Wheelers become more and more like the shallow suburbanites they loathe?

5. How do the Wheelers drive home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Frank react to April's mood?

2. On what does Ordway quiz Frank?

3. How does the story begin?

4. How does Frank's father feel when they return from the city?

5. What does the Knox Building represent?

6. How does the decision to move to Paris affect the Wheelers?

7. How does the play proceed?

8. What has happened to John Givings?

9. What does Maureen tell Frank at lunch?

10. How did April want to handle the situation she and Frank had been in early in their relationship?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Shep Campbell seems to be a stereotype of male chauvinism.

Part 1) How is Shep Campbell a stereotypical male chauvinist?

Part 2) What is the purpose of this?

Part 3) Why does he fantasize about April? What attracts her to him, as well?

Essay Topic 2

The final chapter reveals the various characters dealing with the death of April.

Part 1) How do each of the characters grieve for April? What does this grief reveal about each of them?

Part 2) How do these varying forms of grief reflect how death affects people in real life?

Part 3) How might April feel if she could see her family and neighbors at this point? Use the story to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

The author quickly reveals the flaws in the various characters.

Part 1) How are these characters first perceived? How are their flaws soon revealed?

Part 2) What is the purpose of the revelation?

Part 3) How do these flaws give the reader a sense of what is to come?

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