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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. Who is Father de Leo talking to at the beginning of the scene?

2. What are the mothers demanding Serafina give them?

3. What does the sign in the window say?

4. What did Rose tell Peppina had been locked up?

5. Why does Father de Leo not want Rosario's body to be cremated?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Assunta comfort Serafina?

2. Why does Serafina say she does not want to make friends with her neighbors?

3. Why does Rosa break open the piggy bank?

4. How does Serafina arrange for Alvaro to sleep at her house without the neighbors knowing?

5. How does Miss Yorke's appearance enrage the women?

6. Why does Alvaro crawl over to Rosa?

7. Describe Serafina's appearance in this scene.

8. Why is Rosa so sad?

9. Who is waiting outside Serafina's house?

10. How do the women react to Estelle's appearance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the play's dialogue. How does the author's dialogue contribute to the following areas?

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

Essay Topic 2

Compare Serafina's character to the person she is at the beginning of the play to the person she is at the end.

1. What did Serafina hope to achieve at the beginning of the play?

2. What events changes Serafina's ideas about life?

3. How has Serafina's character changed by the end of the play?

Essay Topic 3

Why is the community so important? How can the community can help Serafina recover from her husband's death? Could Serafina recover from her husband's death if she did not have so many friends around her?

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