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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. How does Frank counter April's comments and questions?

2. What do April and Frank have for the first time in weeks?

3. What does April tell Shep she missed out on?

4. Why do the Wheelers consult the calendar?

5. What does the note say that April writes to Frank?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what does Pollock praise Frank?

2. What do the Wheelers figure about? How does Frank respond to this information?

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

4. How does Frank act, once the Givings leave?

5. How does John act around the Wheelers?

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 do the Campbells and Wheelers do when they are bored with each other's company?

8. What does Frank realize about the hotel where Bart Pollock takes him to lunch?

9. What does Norma tell Frank?

10. How did Milly feel about selling the house to the Brace family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The relationship between April and Frank Wheeler is constantly changing throughout this story.

Part 1) How does their relationship appear at the beginning of the story?

Part 2) How does it change throughout the play? What causes these changes?

Part 3) Would you consider this a typical American marriage? Why or why not?

Part 4) Is this relationship supposed to reveal something about real life? If so, what? If not, what is its purpose?

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

John speaks the truth.

Part 1) How does John's insanity affect his behavior? How does his behavior affect the others? Why?

Part 2) Do his actions and words reveal him to be insane? Why or why not?

Part 3) What would the world be like if more people spoke the truth, like John?

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