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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 sarcastic expression does Sue use to refer to the Kellers?
(a) The holy family
(b) The band of thieves
(c) The three little pigs
(d) The United Nations

2. What did people in the neighborhood shout at Joe Keller after he was exonerated by the court?
(a) War Profiteer
(b) Guilty
(c) Welcome Back
(d) Murderer

3. According to Sue, what is Jim turning Chris into?
(a) A protege
(b) A statue
(c) A golfing buddy
(d) A son

4. Chris tells a story about the unit he commanded in the war. A young soldier gives him something. What is it?
(a) Foot rations
(b) A letter
(c) Socks
(d) A cross

5. What belonging of Larry's has Kate recently found?
(a) His purple heart
(b) His Sunday suit
(c) His bible
(d) His baseball glove

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Chris compare Larry when he implored Kate to forget him in Act 1?

2. What does Kate say she will do if Larry is dead?

3. When Ann enters in Act 1, what does Chris tell her is better in their town than in New York?

4. What item is Ann sad to see is missing from her old backyard?

5. What appliance does Lydia accidentally plug in?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chris describe the girl that Kate wants to set George up with?

2. In this section of Act 1, what deal do Joe and Chris strike regarding Chris's staying with the family business?

3. Why does Joe take his own life?

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

5. What is Kate's concern about Ann?

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

7. What promise does Chris make Ann after proposing, and how does this promise relate to his omnipresent guilt?

8. How do Joe and Chris view the world differently?

9. How does Joe defend himself to Chris regarding the money he made?

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

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