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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. According to Mr. Smith, if a schoolmaster teaches his pupils to read, what does a cat do for its young?
(a) Teach them to hunt.
(b) Suckle them when they are small.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Sends them away.

2. According to Mr. Martin, what should a person do if he catches a cold?
(a) Run in circles.
(b) Stand on his head.
(c) Get a colt.
(d) Drink tea.

3. According to Mrs. Martin, what did the third wife from the story "The Headcold" do while sitting on a hornet's nest?
(a) Drink tea.
(b) Eat scones.
(c) Eat chicken.
(d) Recite poetry.

4. What constantly interrupts Mrs. Martin's storytelling?
(a) A ringing telephone.
(b) A gong.
(c) A ringing doorbell.
(d) Mary's movement in and out of the room.

5. When did Mr. and Mrs. Smith attend Bobby Watson's funeral?
(a) A year and a half before the time in which the play is set.
(b) The day before yesterday.
(c) Two years before the time in which the play is set.
(d) Two months before the time in which the play is set.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Fire Chief, who is insured against fires?

2. According to Mr. Smith, what will happen if one caresses a circle?

3. What does Bobby Watson do on Tuesdays?

4. According to Mr. Smith, what behavior do Mary and the Fire Chief demonstrate?

5. According to Mrs. Smith, why does she need to learn Spanish?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Mr. and Mrs. Martin's daughter.

2. What argument erupts over the doorbell?

3. What unspoken rules of society are broken by the characters?

4. How are nonsensical words used in the play?

5. How did Mary spend her day before the Martins arrive?

6. How is the play both a comedy and a tragedy?

7. How do the characters react to Mary's poem, "The Fire"?

8. Who is Bobby Watson?

9. Describe Mary.

10. How is the plot developed in the play?

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