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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Extended Family?
(a) A church group that delivers canned food to the Home.
(b) A group that visited the Home looking for substitute Grandparents.
(c) A group that visited the Home to steal goods, but under the auspices of being an entertainment.
(d) It is what the staff refers to themselves as.

2. What are Weller's final words of the play?
(a) His final words are to call for a doctor.
(b) "I win, I win!"
(c) "Damnit to hell"
(d) "Gin, gin, gin."

3. What change in appearance has overcome both characters in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Both are dressed for cold weather.
(b) They both appear ill.
(c) They are both dressed informally.
(d) They are both neatly dressed.

4. What one subject does Mrs. Leala want to discuss?
(a) Her plans for going to the Presbyterian Home.
(b) Only her son William.
(c) Only her funeral arrangements.
(d) Only food.

5. What is Weller's criticism of the Unitarian group in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) They want to improve everything.
(b) They want to steal everything.
(c) They want to psychoanalyze everything.
(d) They want to criticize everything.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Weller, what is the one sin in card playing?

2. What illness does Weller claim he suffers from in Act One?

3. According to Fonsia, why does she acquiesce and play a game of gin in Act 2, Scene 1?

4. What is it in Act 1, Scene 2 that makes Fonsia dizzy?

5. How many cards are dealt to the player (non-dealer)?

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