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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. Who is C?

2. Who is B?

3. Why was A jealous of Sis?

4. Why does A complain about B in Act 1, Part 1?

5. In Act 1, Part 1, A says that she is how many years older than "he" is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does B mean when she says that they were with one man for forty years, "more or less"?

2. What does A hope for as she looks at herself in the hospital bed in Act 2, Part 1?

3. What is the significance of A, B, and C's lack of names?

4. What does C tell A in Act 2, Part 4?

5. What problems arose between B and her son in his adolescence?

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

7. Why are A and B so impatient with C?

8. What is revealed about B and C at the beginning of Act 2, Part 1?

9. What does A say about her reconciliation with her son in Act 2, Part 3?

10. What does A say about her friends in Act 1, Part 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

C is offended by A's use of racist words throughout the play. B defends A, saying that the words don't mean anything, they are just the words that A learned to use. Does this excuse A's use of the words? Do you think that A's use of these words is malicious or, as B says, unconscious? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

A turning point in the play was when A had her stroke at the end of Act 1. What are the changes that take place for A between Act 1 and Act 2 (aside from the obvious)? How does her stroke enable her to begin to come to terms with her past? Would she be able to make these changes in her character in any other way? Why or why not? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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