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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. How does John comment on Nettie's dress in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) He hates it.
(b) He wishes she didn't pay so much for it.
(c) He likes it.
(d) He has never seen it before.

2. What do Timmy and John do after Nettie responds to the roses?
(a) Begin reading the newspaper.
(b) Ask her questions.
(c) Shake their heads.
(d) Change the subject.

3. What is Nettie trying to do when the third scene begins?
(a) Quiet John and Timmy down.
(b) Stop laughing.
(c) Stop crying.
(d) Listen to John and Timmy's conversation.

4. What does the family plan to do as the second scene of the play ends?
(a) See a movie.
(b) Take a trip.
(c) Eat dinner.
(d) Visit another relative.

5. What does Nettie reject in the third scene?
(a) John's questions.
(b) John's criticism.
(c) John's jokes.
(d) John's advances.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Nettie, John, and Timmy returning from as the third scene begins?

2. What does John say to Nettie as the third scene is ending?

3. How does Timmy make decisions, according to John?

4. How long was Timmy in the army for?

5. What does Timmy suggest to John about the roses?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the reason Timmy gives his father for leaving?

2. How does Timmy tell John about the purse full of coins, and what is his father's response?

3. What does Nettie admit to Timmy about John in the first scene of Act 2?

4. What reason does Nettie give for her symbolic act in the third scene?

5. What does Timmy have for his mother, and how does he involve John in the gift?

6. What is Timmy's request at breakfast in the first scene of Act 2, how does John respond, and what does it indicate?

7. What does Timmy offer at the end of Act 1, Scene 3, and what does John reveal to Nettie?

8. How is John acting towards Nettie in the third scene of Act 1, and what is her response?

9. What does Timmy tell Nettie about the way he viewed the family before he left for the army, and after he returned?

10. What does the ending of "The Subject was Roses" lead the reader to believe might happen?

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