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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beverly try to do to handle the hostility between her and Mark?
(a) She yells at Mark.
(b) She tries to use humor.
(c) She calls to the interviewer.
(d) She walks away.

2. How many terminally ill people are in this play?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

3. What does Joe tell the interviewer was his second reaction to learning about his terminal condition?
(a) Anger.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Surprise.
(d) Fear.

4. How does Felicity says that she and Claire communicate?
(a) Phone calls.
(b) Personal visits.
(c) Writing.
(d) They do not communicate.

5. What does Felicity's mental state keep her in?
(a) A perpetual state of memory.
(b) A calm and peacful existance.
(c) A fantasyland where she is not ill.
(d) A realization of her disease.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Felicity refuse to do according to Agnes?

2. What do all of the pieces of Beverly's jewelry represent?

3. What is Brian's perspective on death?

4. What technique does the author use to provide depth to the stories without adding a lot of additional dialogue?

5. What does the letter reading incident lead Agnes to realize?

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