Drama STAAR

Based on the dialogue in the play, which prediction can the reader best make about Marta and Tracy?

• Their personalities will become more alike.

• They will get into an argument with each other.

• They will become close friends.

• Their project will be a success.

What does the reader learn about the narrator from the stage directions in lines 28 and 35?

• She exits the stage after each scene.

• She is confused about her role in the play.

• She frustrates the audience with her commentary.

• She is eager for the characters to quarrel.

Read line 32 from scene 2.

NARRATOR: ... But I may need to stir the pot a little in scene three.

The playwright uses figurative language in this line most likely to suggest that the narrator -

• knows what will happen in the last scene

• believes she controls the action on stage

• wants to examine the characters more closely

• likes to add a sense of humor for the audience

Which of the narrator's statements in scene 1 foreshadows the events that occur in scene 3?

• NARRATOR: ... I promise you heroes and villains and exciting plot twists (line 1)

• NARRATOR: ... Her name is Marta. Is she the play's hero, or the villain? (line 3)

• NARRATOR: .. . Marta and Tracy don't really know each other well (line 12)

• NARRATOR: ... And that brings us to the end of scene one. (line 21)

Read this incomplete summary of scene 1.

1. The narrator greets the audience and introduces the play.

2. Marta enters the stage and looks at her watch in annoyance.

3. Tracy arrives late to her meeting with Marta about a school project.

4.

5. The narrator teases the audience with the possibility of a conflict in scene 2.

Which idea should be included to create a complete summary of scene 1?

• The narrator explains to the audience how Tracy was once late for her own party.

• Tracy acknowledges how organized Marta is, and the meeting is rescheduled.

• Marta explains that she must walk her dog before starting her homework.

• The stage directions indicate that the girls exit the stage in opposite directions.