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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do all of the pieces of Beverly's jewelry represent?

2. What does Brian say that no one expects?

3. How does Agnes respond to the interviewers suggest about what may need to happen to Felicity?

4. What was Mark doing before he came to live with Brian?

5. What does Beverly say that Mark's life is based on?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think Felicity's hostility toward the interviewer symbolizes? Why do you think she takes it out on her daughter? Do you think Agnes handles her mother well? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Do you think the patients and their families each lived life to its fullest while they were alive? Why or why not? Do you think someone dying will always have regrets? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Agnes is more open to the idea of her mother's death than say Beverly is to Brian's? Which character remains in denial throughout most of the play? What changes her view?

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