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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 are Willa Thornton's religious beliefs?
(a) She is a Baptist.
(b) She is a Catholic.
(c) She is a Methodist.
(d) She is an atheist.

2. Why does Will believe Bill committed suicide?
(a) Will says Bill always looked both ways before crossing the street.
(b) Will says Bill left a note.
(c) Will says Bill was always deeply depressed.
(d) Will says Bill never learned to swim.

3. How does Will say the company weathered the Depression?
(a) Will says the company just stayed afloat.
(b) With moderate success.
(c) Very poorly.
(d) With flying colors.

4. What is Will going to do now that he's fired?
(a) Will is going to move to Atlanta.
(b) Will is going to kill himself.
(c) Will is going to start his own company.
(d) Will is going to tuck his tail and hide.

5. How old does Will say he was when he went to work for Sunshine?
(a) Twenty-six.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twenty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What's Susette's "burden"?

2. What does Clara ask when Lily Dale says she is a nervous wreck?

3. Carson brings along a picture of who?

4. Why does Lily Dale call the doctor?

5. How does Lily Dale say the maids would disappoint their bosses?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lily Dale say Bill would do the minute he got home for Christmas?

2. Why does will say he thinks the banks of Houston are running disappointment clubs?

3. What does Will say happened to his son?

4. When does Will say he discovered his heart condition?

5. How does Lily Dale respond to being deceived by the young man from Atlanta?

6. What does Will tell Carson about Houston?

7. Why is Will short of breath at the beginning of the play?

8. How are Will and Lily Dale's attitudes toward religion different?

9. Who does Will say he is at heart?

10. Describe Will's late son.

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