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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 best describes what Philomena is wearing in the beginning of the play?

2. Emily Dictionary says that she was not the intended target of the person who caused her injury. Who was?

3. When Philomena comes running through the store, what is she desperate to use?

4. Where does Pelajia say Bingo Betty should have gone?

5. What happens to Philomena when she falls from the ladder?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens between Emily and Zhaboonigan at the end of Act 2, Scene 6? Are you surprised by this?

2. What is the argument between Veronique and Emily concerning Zhaboonigan about?

3. How is Zhaboonigan related to Veronique? How did Veronique come to care for the girl?

4. What does Veronique say that she will do with her bingo winnings?

5. What is Philomena's part in the fight between the women in Act 1, Scene 3, Part 1?

6. What does Annie come to ask Philomena for at the end of the play? Why does she want it and why do the women tease her?

7. What happens when the women get frustrated after they aren't successful at the bingo game?

8. What does Pelajia comment to her sister, Philomena, about bingo and the old ways?

9. What does Emily reveal about her days in San Francisco with a biker gang? What does she say about her friend and what she is angry about?

10. How does Nanabush appear in the opening of Act 2, Scene 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the plight of the women on the reserve. Is life harder for the women? What are their chief complaints? Why would it be harder for women than men? How do these women deal with the hardships of life? Give examples using the text.

Essay Topic 2

The play is broken down into two Acts, each having its own climax. Discuss the climax point of each play and how it is built up. Where does the climax, or highpoint, of Act 1 and Act 2 occur? Why is it the climax? In each case, what effect do the scenes before and after the climax have on this point? What would you say is the climax of the novel? Discuss the events that are happening at this point. What do we learn in the play through the climax events and how do they ultimately affect the resolution of the play and the characters? Use examples from the play to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the different structural elements executed in the play and what they do for the play as a whole. What lighting or sound changes occur and what prompts them? Are they necessary in the play? What is the author's purpose in using them? Also, discuss the montage scene in Act 2. Answer the previous questions about this scene. What do these structures do for the play as a whole?

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