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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. On what instrument does Little Charles play Ivy a song in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) An organ.
(b) An electric piano.
(c) A mandolin.
(d) A guitar.

2. What does Steve do to Jean as he exits behind Karen in Act 2?
(a) He "squeezes Jean's hand."
(b) He "pinches Jean on the rear-end."
(c) He "slips a pack of cigarettes into Jean's shirt pocket."
(d) He "rubs his hand over the entirety of Jean's face."

3. In the three-way-split conversation that occurs in Act 2, who is Mattie Fae speaking with?
(a) Steve and Karen.
(b) Violet and Beverly.
(c) Charlie and Little Charles.
(d) Ivy and Barbara.

4. Where does Steve live?
(a) New York.
(b) Boulder.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Miami.

5. In what kind of car does Violet say Beverly lived from the ages of four until ten?
(a) A Pontiac sedan.
(b) A Chevy pickup truck.
(c) A Ford Astro van.
(d) A VW bus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sits in the living room watching television at the opening of Act 3, Scene 1?

2. Who brings in Mattie Fae's casserole in Act 2?

3. Who stars in the 1925 film that Jean watches on television in Act 2?

4. When does Violet say she called the motel where Beverly was staying before his death?

5. Who comforts Violet at the end of Act 3, Scene 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Violet feel about her circumstances in Act 3, Scene 5?

2. How is the theme of competition illustrated in Act 3?

3. What is the "truth" that Little Charles ultimately confesses in Act 2?

4. What is the significance of the house's temperature in Act 2?

5. What is revealed of Mattie Fae's character in Act 3, Scene 1?

6. What does Sheriff Gilbeau reveal to Barbara in Act 3, Scene 4?

7. What is significant about Barbara's comment "I'm still here" in Act 3?

8. What takes place when Johnna enters the kitchen in Act 3, Scene 2?

9. What is revealed of Beverly's death in Act 3, Scene 5?

10. What leads up to the physical conflict in the end of Act 2? How is this conflict described?

(see the answer keys)

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