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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Robert believe the rising sun is a symbol of?
(a) Death.
(b) Fear.
(c) A hot day.
(d) Good fortune.

2. What does Robert hear calling him from the horizon at the end of the play?
(a) The sheep.
(b) Mrs. Atkins.
(c) The old voices.
(d) His neighbor.

3. What noise comes from Robert's throat in Scene 3, Act 2?
(a) A chuckle.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Rattling noise.
(d) A song.

4. What meal is Kate cooking in honor of Andrew's visit?
(a) Breakfast.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Brunch.
(d) Lunch.

5. What does Robert say about Ruth at the end of the play?
(a) She is mean.
(b) She doesn't need anyone.
(c) She has suffered.
(d) She can live with her mother.

6. What is the setting of the last scene in the play?
(a) Kitchen.
(b) Barn.
(c) Section of country highway.
(d) Porch.

7. What is the "El Paso?"
(a) Store in town.
(b) Mexican resturaunt.
(c) Hurricane.
(d) A ship bound for Buenos Aires.

8. How does Robert describe Andrew's letters that he wrote to them while he was on the voyage?
(a) Full of description.
(b) They were sketchy.
(c) They came regularly.
(d) Lengthy.

9. What is the last word Robert says in the play?
(a) "Remember!"
(b) "Beauty!"
(c) "The truth."
(d) "Play fair."

10. What is the setting of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Boat.
(b) Farmhouse.
(c) Top of a hill.
(d) Beach.

11. What does Andrew say to Robert about the death of his father?
(a) He is still mad at him.
(b) It cuts him up a lot.
(c) He doesn't have any feelings about it.
(d) He has to see a therapist.

12. Who tells Andrew that the inside of Robert's lungs are bad?
(a) Mrs. Mayo.
(b) Robert.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Mrs. Atkins.

13. What phrase does Ruth use to describe Robert's state of mind right before he died?
(a) He was so happy.
(b) He was so nervous.
(c) He was so bereft.
(d) He was so fearful.

14. What does Andrew try and convince Ruth to do because he thinks she owes Robert?
(a) Lie.
(b) Knit him a scarf.
(c) Make a cake.
(d) Write a letter for him.

15. Who says he doesn't believe in miracles after Andrew arrives from New York?
(a) Mr. Mayo.
(b) Uncle Dick.
(c) Robert.
(d) Andrew.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Andrew say he'll do to help Robert in Act 3, Scene 1?

2. What does Ruth cover her face with after Robert dies?

3. Who told Robert to go to the "far-off places" to be cured?

4. Who is thin and unhealthy looking in Act 3?

5. What does Mrs. Atkins say that Mary inherited from her father?

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