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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 one of the items Jo finds in her boyfriend's pocket?

2. Where does Jo plan to work after Christmas?

3. What important question does Jo's boyfriend ask her?

4. Does the apartment have a bathroom?

5. How does Helen describe the wallpaper?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jo and Helen's new neighborhood.

2. Is Jo jealous of Peter Smith? Why or why not?

3. What is one of Helen's habits that Jo truly despises?

4. Why has Geof's landlady thrown him out according to Geof? According to Jo?

5. How does Jo pay for the apartment?

6. Is Helen upset about Jo's engagement?

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

8. Why does Geof offer to marry Jo?

9. Why doesn't Jo want her boyfriend to kiss her?

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

How is Jo's treatment of Geof sometimes similar to Helen's treatment of Jo? Why is Jo so guarded around Geof at first? Has Helen's abandonment created trust issues for Jo? Why does Geof stick around for her occasional verbal abuse?

Essay Topic 2

In Act 1, Scene 2, Helen comments on film and theatre, complaining that they have become more and more alike and trite. Why is Helen's mantra about movies becoming more like theatre significant? Could this be Delaney's own opinion? Do some research on Shelagh Delaney. To your knowledge, what is one of the reasons she wrote A Taste of Honey?

Essay Topic 3

Helen first husband is described by her as a Puritan, and she had not been with a man until she sought out Jo's father in the barn. How do you think Helen's conservative husband shaped her later life? Why did she sleep with someone else, and someone who was considered mentally deficient to boot? Do you think this was the beginning of Helen's life as a social butterfly?

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