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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. About what does this woman grill Frank?

2. The loud gyrations of the drummer remind Frank of whom?

3. What does this woman tell Frank about Maureen?

4. Why does Milly Campbell call her husband Shep at work?

5. How does John speak to Frank?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what does Pollock praise Frank?

2. What does Norma tell Frank?

3. What happens when Frank takes Milly home?

4. How does Jennifer feel about moving to Europe?

5. How do the characters know something happened to April?

6. How does Frank react when he awakens on a bright August morning to realize that this is the last day, according to April's calendar, when she could successfully perform an auto-abortion?

7. What does April do with the letter she had written John?

8. What reactions do the Wheelers receive when they announce they have decided not to move to France?

9. What are Frank's concerns?

10. What does April repeatedly ask Frank? What does she wonder about Frank?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Another theme has to do with the struggle between one's desires and one's responsibilities.

Part 1) How is this thematic?

Part 2) How do these characters struggle with this theme? Which do they often choose, their desires or their responsibilities?

Part 3) How does this theme reflect real life? What do the actions of the characters, in regards to this theme, say about humanity? Do you agree? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The play begins with a community theater production of a play.

Part 1) What is the purpose of this play, regarding this story?

Part 2) What is learned about the various characters? Why is this important?

Part 3) How does the audience's reaction to the play mimic the feelings of the actors?

Part 4) What does this section of the book reveal about the Wheelers' relationship?

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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