View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. A was friends with people of many races and ethnicities, except which?

2. What does A say about Sis in Act 1, Part 2?

3. What did the doctors tell A to do for her husband's infected shoulder?

4. What did A win prizes for after her marriage?

5. What does A's son sometimes bring when he comes to visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does C represent?

2. How did Sis feel about A's dating habits?

3. How does C respond when A tells her to "grow up" in Act 2, Part 1?

4. What happened to A's arm?

5. What happened to A's husband's shoulder?

6. In Act 1, Part 2, what does C say about A's finances?

7. How does A's son feel about her use of racial slurs?

8. What does A say about jewelry at the beginning of Act 1, Part 4?

9. How does C describe the young man she lost her virginity to?

10. According to B, what changed about her mother after her father died?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A describes the changes that came over her mother after her father's death, and both B and C say that she couldn't possibly have changed so much In what ways did she change significantly? What caused their mother to change so much? What effect did these changes have on A and Sis's relationship with their mother? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Fear of death and making peace with that fear is an important theme in the play. What is C's attitude toward death? What about B's? How does A feel about death? How does her attitude differ from B's and C's? What changes have enabled A to come to terms with her fear of death? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

A's disjointed memories serve several purposes throughout the play. How do they allow for exposition? Is this an effective method of exposition? Why or why not? How do these memories highlight A's mental deterioration as it parallels her physical deterioration? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 779 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample