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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 can Serafina hear in the distance?

2. What is Serafina's surname?

3. What does the priest not want to happen to Rosario's body?

4. Where did Rose meet Jack?

5. Which of the group opens the house door?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the doctor tell Father de Leo about Serafina?

2. What does Flora tell Serafina about Rosario?

3. What does Alvaro foretell will happen to Serafina?

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

5. Why does the doctor not see a problem with Serafina's cremating Rosario's body?

6. Why does Jack say Rosa needs to forget about him?

7. Who is waiting outside Serafina's house?

8. Why is Serafina frustrated at the beginning of this scene?

9. Why are the women gathered outside Serafina's house?

10. Why does Father de Leo think Serafina should get her life together?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Pick two characters from the play and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters' goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 3

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

1. Character

2. Setting

3. Plot

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