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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. What, in 'Suitcase', does Visitor ask Woman if she prepared for her husband?
(a) His bed.
(b) Supper.
(c) His clothes.
(d) Lunch.

2. Who does Woman say is in the suitcase?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her husband's ancestors.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her child.

3. When does the suitcase finally open?
(a) When Woman asks Visitor to take it with her.
(b) When the magic words are spoken.
(c) In August.
(d) After a crowbar is used.

4. When the suitcase opens what does advice does Woman ask Visitor for?
(a) What she should do with the contents.
(b) Whether she should marry Man.
(c) Whether she should throw the suitcase away.
(d) Whether she should look instead.

5. What does Visitor think is in the suitcase after it makes noise?
(a) Something alive.
(b) A radio.
(c) A puppy.
(d) A child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Visitor tries to open the suitcase?

2. How does Woman react to Visitor's suggestion about her husband's ancestors?

3. In the play 'Suitcase', who begins speaking about Mona Lisa?

4. What does Visitor think the suitcase really is?

5. What does Visitor tell Woman the suitcase is testing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the offstage voice tell Boxer to do in round three?

2. Who says "Once again, a man turned into a stick and vanished" and when in the play is this line spoken?

3. What speech does the suitcase make that the end of the play?

4. What comment does Hippie Girl make about the world?

5. Who are the characters in 'The Man Who Turned into a Stick'?

6. What does Visitor think is in the suitcase? Why does Woman argue that is not possible?

7. How do Hippie Boy and Girl use the stick?

8. What is Woman going to make her husband for dinner?

9. Describe Mr. Kimura in 'The Cliff of Time'.

10. What do Man and Woman from Hell lecture the audience about at the end of 'The Man who Became a Stick'?

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