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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. How long has Luke been separated from his wife and son?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 11 years.
(d) 10 years.

2. What is Brother Boxer looking for in the new Frigidaire?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Cola.
(c) Kool-Aid.
(d) Iced Tea.

3. What is the first thing that Margaret says when Luke walks into the apartment in Act i?
(a) "Get out."
(b) "I'm so glad to see you."
(c) "What are you doing here?"
(d) "Luke."

4. How did Luke know where to find Margaret?
(a) Luke knew Margaret would be somewhere near a church.
(b) Someone told Luke about Margaret in a letter.
(c) Luke asked around to find Margaret.
(d) Luke followed David to find Margaret.

5. What sits on top of the piano in the church in the first scene?
(a) Nothing sits on top of the piano in the first act.
(b) Hymn books and tambourines.
(c) A trumpet and hymn books.
(d) A bible and piano music.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is located stage right in the first act and throughout the play?

2. The rumor that Brother Boxer has heard is that Luke's father is sick with what?

3. Where does the play, "The Amen Corner," take place?

4. Everyone tries to convince Margaret to stay to care for Luke instead of going out of town. What does she decide?

5. Who leaves the service to put coffee on during the first act?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene as Act II opens.

2. In Act II, what does the doctor not want Luke doing?

3. Margaret compares the story of King Hezekiah's story to a possible situation of the congregation. What situation does she compare the biblical story to?

4. Margaret speaks of an old blind woman from her childhood in Act III. The woman used to greet everyone with "How you this Lord's-day morning" no matter what the day. Who is Margaret comparing the old blind woman to and why?

5. Why does Odessa refer to Sister Moore as "poor Sister Moore" in Act III?

6. Describe the church in "The Amen Corner."

7. Why does Margaret say "God don't like liars" in Act I?

8. In Act I, who do we discover left in the Alexander marriage?

9. As Margaret leaves for Philadelphia at the end of the first act, she shouts instructions for everyone. What are they?

10. In Act II, David tells his father about some guys coming to the church. What did both David and his mother think brought the men to the church?

(see the answer keys)

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