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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 Serafina beg her daughter not to do?

2. Who are the graduation dresses for?

3. Which of the group opens the house door?

4. What does Flora say she and Bessie will do if Serafina does not give them the blouse?

5. How did Rosario die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Serafina doing inside the house?

2. Why does the priest not want Rosario's body cremated?

3. What is Assunta's occupation?

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

5. How does Rosa react to her father's death?

6. How does Assunta comfort Serafina?

7. Why does Rosa break open the piggy bank?

8. How did Rosa meet Jack?

9. What does Alvaro foretell will happen to Serafina?

10. Why is Alvaro angry with the salesman?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the generation gap between younger and the older characters. What different experiences did both generations go through? What problems is the generation gap causing the characters? Is generational gap expressed in THE ROSE TATTOO particularly wide during this time or is a wide generational gap common to all ages?

Essay Topic 2

Look at the structure of the play.

1. How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

2. Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the play's themes?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and examine what it expresses about mid 20th century society.

1. The Catholic Church.

2. Teenage years.

3. Sicilian culture.

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