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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frank finally notice when he tries to apologize to his wife?
(a) She has left the house.
(b) She is crying.
(c) She has taken a blanket and gone to sleep on the couch downstairs.
(d) She is asleep.

2. What does Frank say suburbanites leave in a fog of denial?
(a) The important issues of the world.
(b) Their ignorance.
(c) How mundane life is in the suburbs.
(d) How much they detest their lives.

3. What does Frank decide to do, regarding Maureen?
(a) Ask her out to dinner.
(b) Ignore her.
(c) Take off her sweater.
(d) Make a pass at her.

4. Why does Frank suddenly stop making love to April?
(a) He feels guilty.
(b) He goes to shower to scrub off the "second skin" of Maureen Grube.
(c) He misses Maureen.
(d) He does not love her.

5. With what does Frank Wheeler awaken?
(a) Love for his wife.
(b) A refreshed feeling.
(c) A debilitating hangover.
(d) A deep depression.

6. Where does Shep meet Milly?
(a) In New York.
(b) In the Army.
(c) In high school.
(d) At college.

7. What does the audience do during intermission?
(a) They leave the poor performance.
(b) They complain about the amateur actors.
(c) They wander awkwardly around the high school building.
(d) They discuss how wonderful the performance is.

8. What does April say Europe will do for him?
(a) Give him a taste of life away from New York City and the suburbs of Connecticut.
(b) Provide the correct cultural background for him to find a meaningful life for himself.
(c) Save him from the depression into which he is sinking.
(d) Provide him a break from reality.

9. Where was Helen formerly a stenographer?
(a) Knox Machine Company.
(b) A machinery plant.
(c) NBC.
(d) Macy's.

10. What do Frank and Maureen do after lunch?
(a) They head back to work.
(b) They stroll briefly.
(c) They go to Central Park.
(d) They have sex.

11. How does sixty-seven-year-old Howard Givings look and act?
(a) Very odd.
(b) His age.
(c) Older than his years.
(d) Younger than his years.

12. What do Frank and April begin doing to each other?
(a) Hugging.
(b) Hitting.
(c) Snipping and bickering.
(d) Kissing.

13. How does Frank finds April?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Excited.
(c) Disgruntled and quarrelsome.
(d) A little upset.

14. What does Ordway ask Wheeler about moving to Europe?
(a) Why he needs to move there to "discover" himself.
(b) Is life better in Europe.
(c) Will he save money by moving there.
(d) Will he have a better job in Europe.

15. When Frank sees April do this, what does he do?
(a) He laughs at her.
(b) He hits her back.
(c) He does nothing.
(d) He follows her, imploring her wildly to get back into the car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Givings stop by and give Frank?

2. How does Frank tell stories about himself?

3. Who can Frank hardly remember without the aid of a photograph?

4. Why does Frank call Maureen's supervisor at the office?

5. What is learned about the Givings's son, John?

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