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

2. 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

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

4. What does Chris think that he and Joe should tell Kate?
(a) That Joe's factory is closing
(b) That Chris loves Ann
(c) That Joe would like to move
(d) That Larry is likely dead

5. Why does Kate think that Chris has no right to marry Ann, according to Joe?
(a) She doesn't like Ann
(b) She was his sister-in-law
(c) She thinks that Larry is still alive
(d) It would sully Larry's memory

Short Answer Questions

1. How did George travel from New York to Columbus?

2. What does Joe want to offer George?

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

4. How long ago did Chris return from the war?

5. According to Sue, what is Jim turning Chris into?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Joe think would happen after the faulty cylinder heads went out?

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

3. Why does Joe lash out at Ann?

4. What is Steve Deever's side of the cylinder head story?

5. How does Ann break Kate's resolve that Larry is alive?

6. Describe the dream that Kate had the night before the play begins.

7. Explain the significance of the title of the play as a thematic element?

8. How does Joe blame Kate for his scandal?

9. What does George Deever tell Ann when he arrives at the Kellers'?

10. What is Joe's reasoning that Larry was not one of the pilots killed because of his factory's mistake?

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