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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aunt Nonnie say Chance needs to go back to?

2. What does Aunt Nonnie tell Chance he lives on?

3. What actress does Chance compare Miss Lucy to?

4. What is Sally Powers' job?

5. Where did Hatcher say he saw Chance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In 1962, Paul Newman starred in a movie version of SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book were still relevant so many years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new environment? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Chance's character to the person he was at the beginning of the play to the person he is at the end.

1) What did Chance hope to achieve at the beginning of the play?

2) What events changes Chance ideas about life?

3) How has Chance's character changed by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of the following people and outline their influence on Chance's life.

1) Boss Finley.

2) Aunt Nonnie.

3) Heavenly.

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