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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 is Peter's last name?

2. What excuse does Jo give when it is time for her to go?

3. What is coming through the roof in the apartment?

4. What does Helen begin to drink when she enters the flat?

5. What is Jo's boyfriend's plan for the evening when they part?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jo decide to wear the engagement ring?

2. Who was Jo's first love, as she admits to Helen in Scene 1?

3. Why does Geof offer to marry Jo?

4. Why is Helen in ill health?

5. Why did Helen sleep with the village idiot instead of her husband?

6. Does Jo think Geof has been a good influence on her?

7. Where is the bathroom in the new apartment?

8. Why does Jo lie to Geof about her boyfriend's origins?

9. Describe Jo and Helen's new neighborhood.

10. What school does Helen offer to pay for Jo to attend?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Though Helen has abandoned Jo again at the end of the play, perhaps never to return, Jo is comforted by Geof's nursery rhyme. How can she remain calm, though in labor and completely alone? What has Jo learned about love in the play from Geof? From Helen? From Peter? Do you think Jo is ready for her biracial baby in 1950s England?

Essay Topic 2

There are many symbols in the play. How does Delaney use symbolism to tell her story? Choose three symbols from the text. Examine how they are applied and what they mean to the play.

Essay Topic 3

Jo and Helen are similar in many ways, though Jo would rather think she and Helen are different as night and day. In what ways is Jo like her mother? In what ways is she different? Use quotes and instances from the text to present your evidence.

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