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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. Who is described as "clean as a sheet in the sun"?
(a) Leonardo.
(b) The mother.
(c) The bride.
(d) The son.

2. Why does the neighbor tell the mother that she dislikes the bride's mother?
(a) Because she was mean.
(b) Because she didn't love her children.
(c) Because she had no love for her husband.
(d) Because she wouldn't speak to anyone.

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

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

5. Whom does the mother question her neighbor about in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Her son.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her son's bride.
(d) Her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Act 1, Scene 2 take place?

2. What does the mother describe as "a man, children, and for everybody else a wall two feet thick"?

3. What does the mother say she wishes to do with her granddaughters?

4. Who says, "I'm happy. When I say 'yes', I say it because I mean it"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What excuse does Leonardo give his mother-in-law for being out so long on his horse in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. Why does the mother become so angry when her son asks for a knife to cut some grapes?

3. How does Leonardo's wife respond to him after he says he almost never uses his horse?

4. How does the neighbor describe the bride to the mother in Act 1, Scene 1?

5. How does the bride react when the son asks her about their wedding day during her first meeting with the mother?

6. What do the woodcutters ask of death when they meet her in the woods in Act 3, Scene 1?

7. What reasons does Leonardo give his wife for being rude to the girl who tells them about the son buying gifts for the bride?

8. Why does the mother not kiss her son goodbye before he leaves in Act 1, Scene 1?

9. How does the bride's father react when the mother says her son can sell her land when she has died?

10. How does the mother act towards the bride when she first enters the house after the mens' deaths?

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