from What I did Last Summer

In paragraph 1, what is Bonny supposed to be doing while she is speaking directly to the audience?

• Doing her job as a lifeguard, watching the children who are swimming.

• Spreading her towel on the sand, getting ready to sunbathe.

• Stretching on the beach, preparing to take a swim in the lake.

• Trying to make herself look pretty for Ted, who she knows is about to visit.

From the information in paragraph 1, the reader can infer that Bonny is—

• very mature for her age.

• excited about what the summer has in store for her.

• depressed that her parents are making her work so hard.

• silly and a little boy-crazy.

In the play, Ted is showing interest in dating Bonny. Based on Bonny’s personality, why do you think she might also be interested in Ted?

• He is older and can take her to do the exciting things she craves.

• He is very good-looking, and she likes handsome boys.

• She is very smart for her age, so she needs a smart boyfriend.

• She is tired of her boring friend Charlie and looking for someone new.

Bonny sets up a buddy system for the children she is watching. This act might be symbolic of—

• The fact that she feels she has no friends and needs to replace her old buddy Charlie

• The buddy system she has set up for herself using Charlie so she can go out with Ted

• Her experience with sailing and water safety

• The idea of making Ted her new buddy so she can go with him to the roller coaster

The stage directions in lines 37-43 contribute to a mood of—

• despair.

• glee.

• fury.

• panic.

From the conversation between Bonny and Ted, the reader can infer that—

• Bonny has very little parental supervision.

• Ted would not want Bonny to lie to her parents.

• Bonny is not used to disobeying her parents.

• Bonny is probably a poor student in school.

The author probably chose the beach setting so he would be able to—

• characterize Bonny as a hardworking young teenage girl.

• establish a sense of peaceful relaxation between the two characters.

• make the audience think fondly of past summer vacations.

• create a situation of tension and nervousness in the scene.

In paragraph 1, Bonny says of the roller coaster, “And when you start down, it’s basically so terrifying that women have thrown their babies over the side!” This statement—

• is a local legend made up by parents to discourage their children from riding the coaster.

• is an exaggeration included by the author to demonstrate Bonny’s personality.

• is a literal description of something that happened in the past on the roller coaster.

• is a lie that Bonny is telling to get the audience’s attention.

In paragraph 47, the word instigating means—

• establishing.

• yelling.

• distributing.

• fighting.