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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 might be some of the unusual noises heard throughout the apartment?

2. What does this person show Alice?

3. What does Alice declare?

4. What is Ironic about Alice's refusal?

5. How might Alice feel about being interrupted by her family members?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Grandpa relieve Mr. Kirby's fears? How does this also relieve the tension between the two families.

2. What do Alice and Tony do after they return from their date? What does this show about their relationship?

3. How is the household continuing as usual that evening? How are the characters even more strange than initially thought?

4. How does the scene become more confusing? How would this add more stress to Alice's already stressed-out life?

5. How is Tony beginning to act more like the Sycamore family? Why?

6. How does Mr. Kirby respond to Grandpa's philosophy? How do the Kirbys and Sycamores begin to become one cohesive family?

7. How does the play open? What does the audience member and reader learn about the family from the set?

8. What might Tony's words "every couple has challenges with family dynamics" foreshadow?

9. How does Grandpa challenge Mr. Henderson? How does Mr. Henderson handle this? With whom is the audience more likely to side, Grandpa or Mr. Henderson? Why?

10. What does Penny comment about Alice? Why? Why might Alice be attracted to this type of man?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The entire family is arrested.

Part 1) Why? What takes place during their jail time?

Part 2) How does this arrest affect Alice? Does this arrest prove that Alice was right to believe her family could not be accepted in Tony's world? Why or why not?

Part 3) Will the Sycamores and Kirbys be able to move past this incident and become one cohesive family? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Gay is an actress.

Part 1) Why has she come to the home? How does she behave while she is there?

Part 2) Why would the Sycamores let such a person into their home? How does this show the beliefs and attitudes of the Sycamores?

Part 3) What is the purpose of this character in the play?

Essay Topic 3

The play is written in 1936.

Part 1) What is significant about this time period in United States' history?

Part 2) How does this play relate to this time period and audiences of 1936?

Part 3) Describe American life in 1936, based on the families in this play.

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