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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Leonardo date his wife's cousin?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 3 years.

2. What reason does the mother give for a dish of salt being included in a coffin?
(a) To symbolize heaven.
(b) As a sign of faith.
(c) To prevent smell.
(d) To prevent the body from swelling in the heat.

3. What does the mother offer to give her son's fiancée?
(a) A necklace.
(b) Brass earrings.
(c) A diamond ring.
(d) A dress.

4. Finish the line from the lullaby: "With a branch of dreams, and a dream of ____".
(a) Water.
(b) Love.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Branches.

5. What does the mother start to do to her son but stops short in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Hug him.
(b) Slap him.
(c) Kiss him.
(d) Kill him.

6. How many years does the mother say it has been since she has left her home?
(a) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

7. What does the mother describe as "a man, children, and for everybody else a wall two feet thick"?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Man's view of life.
(c) Privacy.
(d) Her life.

8. How old will the bride be turning when she is married?
(a) 19.
(b) 18.
(c) 20.
(d) 22.

9. What does the neighbor tell the mother to keep her mouth shut about?
(a) Her family that has died.
(b) Her son.
(c) The boy whose arms were cut off.
(d) That her son's fiancée once dated a member of the Felix family.

10. What is the father talking about when he says, "Every sprig a coin of silver"?
(a) Grandchildren.
(b) The mother's vineyard.
(c) Marriage.
(d) His land.

11. What type of drink does Leonardo's wife offer him?
(a) Lime.
(b) Pineapple.
(c) Lemon.
(d) Orange.

12. Where does Leonardo tell his wife he has been going on his horse in Scene 2?
(a) The grocer.
(b) The field.
(c) The blacksmith.
(d) A friend's home.

13. What does the mother claim the son "never touches"?
(a) Wine.
(b) Sweets.
(c) Liquor.
(d) Cheese.

14. How old does the neighbor say the son's fiancée is when she dates her last suitor?
(a) 12.
(b) 20.
(c) 15.
(d) 18.

15. Who says, "I've always done a man's work"?
(a) Leonardo.
(b) The bride's father.
(c) The bride.
(d) The son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said, "You have to punish it, torture it, to get anything!"?

2. What color are the "long rooms" in the lullaby?

3. What reason does the son give his mother to explain why there are no trees on his bride's land?

4. What does the girl call Leonardo's wife when she comes to her home in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. Finish the line from the lullaby: "And in its eye a dagger of ___".

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