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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The character notes describing Ani state that to some people, Ani can seem a bit what?
(a) Aloof.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Brash.
(d) Brusque.

2. What is Jess's reply when John asks her how much life she "has lived" (30)?
(a) Not nearly enough.
(b) A lot.
(c) None.
(d) Too much.

3. Ani declares that Eddie's girlfriend must have what quality?
(a) A death wish.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Patience.
(d) Isolation.

4. How many of the play's 9 scenes are noted to occur on "the same Friday night in December" (5)?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

5. Ani's therapist had told her that what kind of therapy would help her body to repair itself?
(a) Hydrotherapy.
(b) Music therapy.
(c) Physical therapy.
(d) Color therapy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound is heard outside that causes Ani to ask Eddie if she can just mail his belongings to him?

2. What do non-italicized parentheses within the play indicate?

3. The playwright includes a note that disabled characters should be cast in which two roles?

4. Within the section entitled Some Notes on Performance, the word "fuckin" (6) is noted to stand in for a comma in what state?

5. Eddie is described as an "unemployed" (8) what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ani say will happen if her fingers are not kept flat upon her wheelchair pad?

2. How does the motif of music arise in Scene Two?

3. What is the setting of Scene One?

4. What do Ani's text messages to Eddie during their marriage symbolize?

5. What is the symbolism of the light therapy box discussed in Scene Two?

6. What evidence is present that indicates Eddie's previous substance abuse problems?

7. What suggestions does Eddie have for Ani the second he walks into her new accessible apartment?

8. What impetus has brought Eddie to the bar in Brooklyn?

9. What story does Jess finally tell John to placate him?

10. What evidence lies within Scene Two that suggests that Ani has hope of regaining her physical proclivities?

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