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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the bracelet incident change the way A felt about jewelry?
(a) She began to cry anytime she saw a bracelet.
(b) She began to feel that everything her jewelry represented was fake.
(c) She still enjoyed jewelry, but never wanted another bracelet.
(d) She began to hate jewelry, and didn't want to receive it any more.

2. What do A and B tease C about?
(a) Not paying attention.
(b) Being a snob.
(c) Being too uptight.
(d) Not having a sense of humor.

3. Who is sitting in the chair at the beginning of Act 1?
(a) B.
(b) The Boy.
(c) A.
(d) C.

4. Who is B?
(a) A little girl.
(b) A young woman.
(c) A middle-aged woman.
(d) An old woman.

5. What happens to A at the end of Act 1, Part 4?
(a) She tries to commit suicide.
(b) She has a heart attack.
(c) She has a stroke.
(d) She falls down and gets a concussion.

6. What did A lie about to impress her future husband?
(a) Her family's wealth.
(b) Her health.
(c) Her past relationships.
(d) Her ability to ride horses.

7. A reveals in Act 1, Part 2 that who had an affair?
(a) A's husband.
(b) Sis's husband.
(c) A.
(d) Sis.

8. What does B say about children in act 1, part 1?
(a) That they should be taught from the time they are six that they are on the way to death.
(b) That they should be taught that death is a blessing.
(c) That they should not be told about death so that they won't worry about it.
(d) That they should experience the death of someone close as early as possible.

9. How did A get rich?
(a) She married a rich man.
(b) She inherited a small fortune.
(c) She invested wisely.
(d) She was an actress.

10. Who told A they would not come to see her if she continued to use words like "wop"?
(a) The boy.
(b) The housekeeper.
(c) B.
(d) C.

11. How does A feel about the fact that most of her friends are dead?
(a) It angers her.
(b) It doesn't really bother her.
(c) It makes her feel lonely.
(d) It greatly saddens her.

12. Why is C in the house with A and B?
(a) She is A's estranged daughter.
(b) She is A's granddaughter.
(c) She is a representative of A's lawyers.
(d) She is a live-in nurse.

13. What does A ask at the beginning of Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Where C has gone.
(b) Whether it is the day "he" comes.
(c) Where she left her glasses.
(d) How many more days until her birthday.

14. Who were the only "colored" people that A knew?
(a) Her neighbors.
(b) Girls she worked with.
(c) The "help."
(d) Girls she went to school with.

15. What does A's lawyer want to do?
(a) Repossess her home.
(b) Get B out of A's house.
(c) Help her with her finances.
(d) Sue her son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened as a result of the doctors' recommended treatment for A's husband's shoulder?

2. How do B and C know that A is still alive?

3. Why does B get irritated with C in Act 1, Part 2?

4. Who does A refer to as "a real smart little Jew?"

5. What did A and Sis share when they lived in the city?

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