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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 does Joe Keller promise at the end of the act?
(a) To convince Kate to approve his marriage
(b) To check in on Steve Deever
(c) Never to rename the business
(d) To stay out of his life

2. What occupation did Susie have?
(a) Schoolteacher
(b) Factory worker
(c) Bus driver
(d) Nurse

3. What is different about the Kellers' yard at the beginning of the play
(a) It has been mowed
(b) A large picnic is going on
(c) The hammock is broken
(d) A tree has fallen

4. Where is George Deever calling from at the end of Act 1?
(a) New York
(b) Nashville
(c) Louisville
(d) Columbus

5. Why does Joe go back into the house at the end of this scene?
(a) To dress
(b) To shave
(c) To eat
(d) To shower

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sue think she should have been born a man?

2. Which of the following is not something that Chris groups in with the "loot" he took from the war?

3. How does Chris kiss Ann, according to Ann?

4. What does Chris always find in every person he meets, according to Ann?

5. How many times has Annie been married?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Kate tell to demonstrate her intuitive connection with Larry?

2. How does Joe explain Steve Deever's version of events?

3. What is the significance of the fallen tree in the Kellers' yard?

4. Why is Kate unwilling to acknowledge Larry's death, according to Joe?

5. What is strange about George being in Columbus?

6. What order does Kate Keller give her son and husband?

7. What is the thrust of Chris's final argument to his father?

8. What plans does Joe Keller make for the evening?

9. Explain the roots of Chris' sense of guilt after the war?

10. Why does Kate have to go into the house?

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