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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. What is Heather's role in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Heather is a cop.
(b) Heather is the store clerk.
(c) Heather is a massage therapist.
(d) Heather is the bartender.

2. What is Sandy's job?
(a) A bartender.
(b) A midwife.
(c) A massage therapist.
(d) A cop.

3. How does Sandy feel about her mother?
(a) Sandy's mother died, and she misses her very much.
(b) Sandy admires her mother's perseverance.
(c) Sandy loves her mother and talks to her every day.
(d) Sandy thinks her mother is stupid and wrecking her life by letting people take advantage of her.

4. When does the story take place?
(a) Autumn, present day.
(b) In the middle of winter, in the past.
(c) Christmas time, present day.
(d) Early summer, in the future.

5. What happens with Curt's job in Act 1, Scene 7?
(a) The captain takes Curt off the massage parlor case.
(b) The captain fires Curt.
(c) Curt is promoted to lieutenant.
(d) Curt quits so he can be with Sandy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Curt's job?

2. How does Curt respond to Sandy's offer to him at the end of Act 1, Scene 6?

3. Why would Sandy act the way that Doug says she acted at her party in Act 1, Scene 7?

4. What are Beth's thoughts about prostitution?

5. What can we assume is Sandy's real job?

Short Essay Questions

1. Based on what you have read so far through Act 1, Scene 4, predict if Curt and Beth's relationship will last. .

2. Based on Doug's conversation with Curt, will Doug go back to the massage parlor and pay for another form of sex with Heather?

3. Why does Curt want to help Sandy find a new line of work?

4. Are Curt and Beth in love?

5. Curt and Sandy talk about their lives a little bit. Does Curt seem to like his job? Why?

6. Is their evidence in Act 1, Scene 6, to support the fact that Sandy and Curt are attracted to each other as more than just friends?

7. Are there reasons in the play that indicate that Heather should have been fired from her job?

8. Who is the more experienced officer, Doug or Curt? Why?

9. Why is Beth jealous in Act 1, Scene 4?

10. What does Sandy's relaxation place reveal about her?

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