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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What brought Sandy to Curt in Act 1, Scene 8?
(a) Curt's desperate call in the middle of the night.
(b) Heather has a lot of people at Sandy's apartment.
(c) Guilt over Sandy's date with Doug.
(d) The date Curt and Sandy planned.

2. What is Doug's advice to Curt about helping Sandy?
(a) Leave Sandy alone and go back to Beth.
(b) Doug wants Curt to keep trying to help Sandy because she will turn around and be grateful.
(c) Looking out for people and trying to help them doesn't make any difference in their lives.
(d) Doug doesn't want Curt to waste his time, because Sandy is headed to jail.

3. What does Sandy notice about the money Curt gave to her?
(a) The money has a case number on it.
(b) The money is a $100 bill wrapped around a bunch of $1 bills.
(c) The money is fake.
(d) There are thousands of dollars in the envelope.

4. How does Doug react to Curt's thoughts about jail?
(a) Doug thinks Curt needs to pay attention to his life because he deserves the best in this world.
(b) Doug is tired of dealing with Curt and wants him to go to jail.
(c) Doug agrees to take part of the blame so Curt won't be in as much trouble.
(d) Doug feels scared for Curt and promises to try and help him.

5. What does Curt think the title "Blue Serge" means?
(a) A lifetime of crime.
(b) A "surge" of sadness.
(c) A "surge" of color.
(d) A cheap suit.

6. What are Curt's feelings about why Beth agreed to marry him?
(a) Beth loves Curt.
(b) Beth is looking for a way to shock her friends.
(c) Beth wanted out of her parents' house.
(d) Beth is afraid she won't find anyone else.

7. Why does Curt think Beth keeps dating him?
(a) So Beth can feel good about herself by looking down at him.
(b) Because Beth doesn't want him to be with Sandy.
(c) Because they have been together too long to break up.
(d) Because Beth loves him.

8. Why does Doug believe that the police force is raiding the massage parlor in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Prostitution is illegal and must be stopped.
(b) There have been too many complaints about the massage parlor.
(c) The police are looking for drugs there.
(d) Sandy is willing to testify, so there is enough evidence to shut the massage parlor down.

9. In Act 2, Scene 6, what does Curt reveal was his plan for the money he stole for Sandy?
(a) To give it to Doug to secretly put back.
(b) To return it.
(c) To buy drugs.
(d) To spend it on Sandy.

10. What does "Blue Serge" actually mean?
(a) A serge of color.
(b) A lifetime of crime.
(c) Blue serge is a cheap suit.
(d) A wave of sadness.

11. How is Sandy supposed to fix the problem with the apartment?
(a) Clean the apartment and move out immediately.
(b) Pay the landlord $250.
(c) Be with the landlord at the massage parlor.
(d) Pay the landlord $500.

12. Why is Doug looking for Curt in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) The captain is mad at Curt.
(b) Curt is needed for a raid on the massage parlor.
(c) Beth is sick.
(d) Sandy is hurt.

13. In what setting does Act 2 begin?
(a) The bar.
(b) Heather's apartment.
(c) Curt's apartment.
(d) The police station.

14. What does Sandy give Curt to hold for her in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) A coat.
(b) Money.
(c) Keys.
(d) The leaf that Sandy took from Curt's collection.

15. Why was Sandy so inappropriate at the party at her apartment?
(a) Because Sandy was trying to not get arrested again.
(b) Because Sandy was trying to get even with Heather.
(c) Because Sandy was mad at Curt.
(d) Because Sandy got drunk after hearing that her stepdad died.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens with the prostitutes in Act 2, Scene 6?

2. Why does the piece that was broken at the party upset Sandy so much?

3. Why does Beth come to Curt's apartment in Act 2, Scene 3?

4. What has Curt been doing all day in Act 2, Scene 2?

5. How does Curt react to Beth's feelings about his childhood?

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