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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. Why does Mr. Buchanan rush out of the building?

2. What has the country's heat wave caused?

3. What does Kaplan believe will no longer be necessary once there is no more personal property?

4. How do the ladies brush off Mr. Maurrant' mood?

5. How does Mr. Easter make Rose uncomfortable?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the set.

2. What has happened to Mrs. Buchanan?

3. What does Rose ask the group? How do they respond?

4. What is happening to the Hildebrand family?

5. Describe Rose's exit.

6. What do the women do after they invite Mrs. Maurrant to visit?

7. What does Rose say to cheer Sam up about the future?

8. How does Mrs. Maurrant react when Mrs. Jones tells her not to let her daughter get involved with a Jew? Why does everyone insist she not date a Jew?

9. What does Mr. Easter ask a police officer? What is the reply?

10. What does Mrs. Maurrant tell her daughter she has tried to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The women sit on the stoop and gossip throughout the play.

Part 1) About what do they gossip?

Part 2) Why do they gossip?

Part 3) How might their gossiping affect their relationships with others? Use the text to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

Shirley humiliates Rose.

Part 1) How does she humiliate Rose?

Part 2) Why does she do this? What does she fear?

Part 3) How do these two characters reconcile? Where else does reconciliation occur? What is the purpose of this reconciliation and forgiveness?

Essay Topic 3

Mr. Maurrant is an angry, miserable character.

Part 1) How do you know this?

Part 2) How does his behavior affect his relationships with others?

Part 3) Compare and contrast his behavior throughout the play to his behavior at the end of the play.

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