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Final Exam – 10 th Grade

Final Exam – 10 th Grade. Good Luck!. Act I. Understand all of the conflicts in Act I. Why do you think Tom calls Gene “old man.” How does Tom feel about Gene moving to California? What is Gene’s internal conflict? What’s revealed about Tom in the way that he brags about some things? .

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Final Exam – 10 th Grade

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  1. Final Exam – 10th Grade Good Luck!

  2. Act I • Understand all of the conflicts in Act I. • Why do you think Tom calls Gene “old man.” • How does Tom feel about Gene moving to California? • What is Gene’s internal conflict? • What’s revealed about Tom in the way that he brags about some things?

  3. Act I • What is Gene’s relationship with his mother like? • What was Tom’s relationship with his father like? Do you think that has anything to do with Tom’s relationship with his son?

  4. Act I - Vocabulary Exasperation Fumes Coy Nondescript Enunciate Mollified Solicitude Appraised Piqued Incongruous

  5. Cast of Characters • Tom • Gene • Margaret • Alice

  6. Act II • Describe Tom in Act II. What is he like? Be specific. • Describe the conflict between Gene and Alice in Act II. What are they arguing about? • How does the conflict between Tom and Gene resolve? • What does the line, “Death ends a life, but it does not end a relationship,” mean to you?

  7. Act II • Why didn’t Gene ever sing for his father as stated in the title? Why was that so important that it became the title? How does Gene feel that he never sang to his father? Have you ever sung for your father? I have. I was a little embarrassed. • How does Gene feel about how things turned out?

  8. Act II • There’s a moment in Act II when we think Tom might be able to change. What makes us realize that Tom will never change?

  9. Act II - Vocabulary • Contorts • Eulogy • Perpetual • Executor • Cowed • Compulsion • Callousness • Bereaved • Emaciated • susceptible

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