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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 kind of drug does Princess keep under the hotel mattress?

2. What does Scudder say Chance has turned into?

3. What kind of birds squawk outside the hotel window?

4. What does Princess say she has to do before she cashes the checks?

5. Why does Chance want to borrow Princess' car?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Miss Lucy help the heckler?

2. What is Chance's motivation in life?

3. How is Chance's name ironic?

4. How does Princess react to Tom Jr's bullying tactics?

5. What tip does Chance give Bud?

6. How did Chance bribe the train conductor to give him and Heavenly an empty carriage?

7. Who is Sally Potter?

8. What did Chance find out about himself in New York?

9. How does Scotty defend his lifestyle?

10. Why does Princess say she is currently in such a vulnerable state?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the South to the days during segregation to the days after segregation. How did desegregation affect the South in terms of the following:

1) Local government.

2) Jobs.

3) Crime.

Essay Topic 2

What problems does Chance's generation face? How are the problems for Chance's generation different from the problems his father's generation faced? Identify and discuss a significant problem facing your generation.

Essay Topic 3

How did Tennessee Williams view the 1950s? What impact have his ideas had on popular culture? Has his impact been mainly positive or mainly negative?

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