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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 comment does B make to C, regarding A's bathroom habits?

2. Why does A feel that she always had to be strong?

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

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

5. What did A lie about to impress her future husband?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to the argument A, B, and C have in Act 2, Part 2, why do people cheat?

3. What does A say about her son in Act 1, Part 4?

4. What does B represent?

5. What happens at the end of Act 2, Part 2?

6. What does A say about the best time of life?

7. What does A say about her personal strength, in Act 1, Part 4?

8. How does A react while she is telling the bracelet story?

9. How do A and C feel about jewelry?

10. What does A say about her living will in Act 2, Part 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A feels that her jewelry, and all it represented, was fake. C says that to her being given jewelry means that she is valued, and that is not at all fake. Why does C feel so differently from A? What happened to A to make her lose her love for jewelry? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

A and her son had a falling-out, which was a result of many things that happened between them. How did her son's sexuality influence A's relationship with him? How did it affect their relationship when the son confronted A with his knowledge of her affair? Why? What other factors affected their relationship? What enabled them to reconcile? Was it a true reconciliation? Why or why not? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

A tells her son of a premonition she had about her death. What are the most important details in this premonition? What is the significance of A's hand being cold when the son takes it? Why does A repeat this fact over and over? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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