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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 Rosa say she is ashamed of?

2. What is Rosario's job?

3. What is Assunta's job?

4. What are people in New Orleans dropping out of windows?

5. Who does Serafina not want the women to behave improper in front of?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What mistake does Alvaro make when protesting against being a flirt?

3. What do Flora and Bessie say they will do if Serafina does not finish their blouses?

4. Why does Alvaro crawl over to Rosa?

5. Why does Serafina run out of her house screaming?

6. How did Serafina react to Rosa talking to Peppina?

7. How did Rosa meet Jack?

8. What is the story that Peppina tells about Rosa?

9. Why does Serafina have to go outside for some air?

10. What is Assunta's occupation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the book's reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the play's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1950s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the play if it was set in today's society?

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