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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 does Serafina want someone to take away from Rosa?
(a) A brick.
(b) A knife.
(c) A gun.
(d) A clock.

2. Who pulled Rose away from the window?
(a) Jack.
(b) Rosario.
(c) Serafina.
(d) Estelle.

3. Who does Serafina blame for her recent trouble with her daughter?
(a) Her dead husband.
(b) The school.
(c) Herself.
(d) The local boys.

4. What does the doctor say Serafina had lost?
(a) Her money.
(b) Her baby.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her job.

5. What is Serafina's surname?
(a) Delle Rose.
(b) La San.
(c) Maradona.
(d) Gaudy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Rosario die?

2. What type of material is Serafina holding?

3. How does Serafina think her daughter has hurt herself?

4. What does Rosa say her husband's skin was as smooth as?

5. What do the women beat Estelle with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What mistake does Alvaro make when protesting against being a flirt?

2. Why does the doctor not see a problem with Serafina's cremating Rosario's body?

3. What is Assunta's occupation?

4. How does Serafina try to tidy her mother up?

5. What does Assunta say about Rosario's ashes?

6. Describe the play's setting.

7. Why does Rosa say her mother locked up her clothes?

8. How does Serafina react when Alvaro tell her that he loves her?

9. Why does Jack want to take Rosa's handkerchief back to his ship?

10. How does Miss Yorke's appearance enrage the women?

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