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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. In act 2, whose friendship is Jessica worried will be ruined?

2. Where did Valerie take off to after she went insane?

3. What is Dennis doing as act 2 opens?

4. Why does Warren tell Jessica that he wouldn't want to live with his mother?

5. When does act 2 begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Dennis and Warren agree to about replacing some of the funds Warren stole from his father?

2. How does Warren try to reassure Jessica about his feelings for her?

3. Why does Warren offer his grandfather's baseball cap to Jessica?

4. How does Warren respond to Jessica's question about his father throwing him out of the house?

5. Why is Jessica so interested in Dennis's parents, and why is it significant?

6. Compare and contrast Jessica's home life with Warren's and how each is relevant to their life goals.

7. Describe Warren's family.

8. How does Dennis behave toward Jessica when she first arrives at the apartment in act 2?

9. Describe the opening scene of act 2 and its significance.

10. What happened between Warren and Jessica at the hotel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two characters, and discuss the role of conflict in the play.

1) Between a person and herself or himself.

2) Between two people.

3) Between a person and society.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss drug use as a major theme.

1) Who consumes drugs in the play?

2) Who suffers because of the consumption of drugs?

3) What are the consequences of drug use for the characters?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Warren's memorabilia from the 1950s and 1960s. What does it mean to him? How does the memorabilia function in the play itself?

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