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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Penny's daughter?
(a) Ally Sycamore.
(b) Anne Sycamore.
(c) Alice Sycamore.
(d) Alicia Sycamore.

2. What does Penny do when the doorbell rings?
(a) She answers the door.
(b) She runs upstairs.
(c) She peaks out the window.
(d) She goes to the basement.

3. Why might Tony feel the way he does about the Sycamore family?
(a) They are more accepting than his own family.
(b) They do not seem to like him.
(c) They are strange and unusual.
(d) They are not as kind as his family.

4. Who does Alice find?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her grandfather.

5. What occurs in the basement?
(a) An explosion.
(b) A flood.
(c) A celebration.
(d) An earthquake.

6. What do the family members think of Tony?
(a) They do not like him.
(b) They are unsure if he is right for Alice.
(c) They do not trust him.
(d) They are very accepting of him.

7. Who is the most aimless of the household and periodically plays notes on the xylophone so that Essie can dance?
(a) Grandpa.
(b) Ed Carmichael.
(c) Essie Carmichael.
(d) Alice Sycamore.

8. On what does Penny comment?
(a) Alice's huge smile.
(b) Alice's new shoes.
(c) The new dress Alice is wearing.
(d) Alice's makeup.

9. What does Alice ask her family to do?
(a) To keep Tony away from her.
(b) To hide in their rooms.
(c) To leave the house.
(d) To please behave tonight.

10. What scenario mirrors the challenges of the American family endured during the dire economic times of the Depression?
(a) Alice and Tony being unsure if they have enough in common.
(b) Alice's desire to be a career woman.
(c) Alice's love for the family in spite of difficulties and differences.
(d) The lack of the acceptance of Alice's family by Tony.

11. What does Alice Sycamore do for a living?
(a) She makes fireworks with her father.
(b) She is a banker in a firm on Wall Street.
(c) She is a secretary at a Wall Street firm.
(d) She sells candy with Ed.

12. From where do Paul Sycamore and Mr. DePinna emerge?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The garage.
(c) The basement.
(d) The second floor.

13. Who passes Mr. Henderson in the hall?
(a) Alice.
(b) Paul.
(c) Mr. Kolenkhov.
(d) Tony.

14. Where does Tony attend college?
(a) Cambridge University in England.
(b) NYU.
(c) Northwestern University.
(d) Columbia University.

15. Who does Alice think the visitor might be?
(a) Paul.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) Tony.
(d) Grandpa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has come for dinner with the Sycamore family?

2. Why does Alice assume Tony will not be able to accept her family?

3. From where does the patriarch of this zany family come home?

4. How are the characters introduced?

5. What is happening at the same time Alice and Tony are making declarations to one another?

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