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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the mother's neighbor say is responsible for cutting off a young neighborhood boy's arms?
(a) A machine.
(b) A tractor.
(c) A car.
(d) A knife.

3. Who is described as a "tall, stern woman"?
(a) Leonardo's wife.
(b) The bride.
(c) The mother-in-law.
(d) The mother.

4. Where does Act 1, Scene 2 take place?
(a) Leonardo's house.
(b) The son's house.
(c) The mother's house.
(d) The vineyard.

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

6. How long does it take the mother to get to the bride's home?
(a) 8 hours.
(b) 4 hours.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 1 day.

7. What does the girl call Leonardo's wife when she comes to her home in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Lady.
(b) Ma'am.
(c) Senora.
(d) Miss.

8. What does the baby do after the lullaby is finished?
(a) Cries.
(b) Smiles.
(c) Sleeps.
(d) Laughs.

9. What does the bride's father claim wouldn't grow on his land at one time, but now does?
(a) Lillies.
(b) Trees.
(c) Anise.
(d) Alfalfa.

10. What does the servant ask the bride to do after the son and mother have left?
(a) Go to bed.
(b) Eat dinner.
(c) Go for a walk.
(d) Open her gifts.

11. Which weapon does the mother not mention in her rant?
(a) Pistol.
(b) Knife.
(c) Grenade.
(d) Pitchfork.

12. What reason does the neighbor give the mother when she leaves?
(a) Because she is tired.
(b) Because the men will be in from the fields soon.
(c) Because she needs to cook.
(d) Because the mother wants her to.

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

14. What does the mother tell her son she wishes he was in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) A woman.
(b) A father.
(c) A mother.
(d) A child.

15. Who is the mother talking about when she says, "He'd have found water. In our three years he planted ten cherry trees"?
(a) Her dead husband.
(b) The bride's father.
(c) Her dead son.
(d) Her son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What flower does the mother say her husband smells like?

2. What does the mother claim the son "never touches"?

3. Who is described as "Beautiful, A glow in her face..."?

4. What does the girl tell Leonardo's wife the son and his mother bought at the store?

5. When describing a man coming home dead, what item does the mother mention is placed across his breast?

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