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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 the name of Joanne's ex-husband?

2. What kind of phone call did Emma say she had received?

3. What does Slake tell Joseph he has switched on?

4. Where was Joseph when he told the author about the interrogation?

5. Who does Joseph say found his story amusing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What joke does Joseph make about the name bunghole?

2. Why does Joseph think they should both quit their jobs?

3. What reason does Joanne give for marrying Francis?

4. What advice does Joseph give Astrakhan in scene four?

5. What does the second scene say about Joseph and Joanne's relationship?

6. What does Joanne tell Joseph about her ex-husband Francis?

7. Why does Astrakhan say he first wrote the short story?

8. What does Astrakhan tell Joseph he thinks about Joanne?

9. What does Astrakhan say about people's lives at the end of the fourth scene?

10. What does Astrakhan say he set out to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. Imagine you have a friend who is a computer hacker.

2. Think about the damage computer hackers can do to other people and about the consequences of being caught.

3. Now write to convince your friend to stop being a computer hacker.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the books reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

Essay Topic 3

Replace the play's New York setting with one of the following cities:

1. Chicago.

2. Los Angeles.

3. Washington.

What new meaning would the new setting give the book? How important is setting for developing meaning in a story?

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