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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the landlady think Jerry wants for the dog?

2. What did the dog get a piece of on the second day Jerry was around?

3. Why does Jerry decide to kill the dog?

4. Jerry went to the zoo to learn more about:

5. What does Peter want to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The background of Jerry is a sad one, filled with death and sadness. However, with Jerry's state of mind as it's seen in the play, do you think he's making up these stories? Why or why not? If he was making up the stories, what purpose does this serve for him? Can the reader and Peter trust anything he says?

Essay Topic 2

Jerry runs away from danger whenever he encounters it - he runs from his landlady, he runs from the dog, etc. In doing so, what does this say about Jerry? Could he have responded in any other way? Why or why not? If Jerry wasn't always running away, how would his life be different? For example, if Jerry hadn't tried to kill the dog, but instead just tried to be friends with it, how would that have changed his relationship with the landlady? Would it have changed it at all?

Essay Topic 3

The setting is very simple.

Part 1) What is the setting? Could the play be set anywhere else? Why or why not?

Part 2) Why is the setting so simple?

Part 3) How do the characters and the dialogue become, in a sense, the setting?

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