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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carlyle ask Richie if he is?

2. What is the only book that Richie tries to read during the play?

3. When Billy and Roger first met, why did Roger keep talking to Billy?

4. As Carlyle is leaving the room, he calls Richie a punk. What does Richie call Carlyle?

5. After Billy and Roger leave to go play basketball, what does Richie to to Billy's bed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Cokes' reaction to finding out that Richie is a homosexual. What does Cokes say about Richie's homosexuality? Why is Cokes' answer ironic? What would one expect from Cokes given hie military ranking? Does Cokes' leukemia have anything to do with his reaction? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Of all of the men in the play, who do you believe will/could go the furthest in their military career? Why? What character traits make this character the most likely to succeed?

Essay Topic 3

Choose a character from the following list. Write a character analysis including information including the answers to the following questions: Who are they as a person? What do they want in life? What are their strengths? What are their weaknesses?

-Billy

-Roger

-Carlyle

-Richie

-Rooney

-Cokes

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