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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Blanche ask to keep the girls at the Jerome house while she looks for work in Act II?
(a) Two months
(b) A few weeks
(c) Another year
(d) A couple of days

2. Eugene tells his brother in Act II, “Pop isn’t going to die. He ate” what “tonight”?
(a) Salad and soup
(b) Two roast beef sandwiches
(c) Three lamb chops
(d) Two bowls of ice cream

3. Blanche says in Act II, “We’re all poor around here, the least we can be is” what?
(a) Forgiving
(b) Charitable
(c) Kind
(d) Dependable

4. What is the name of the friend Blanche says she’s going to stay with in Act II?
(a) Nora
(b) Emily
(c) Sarah
(d) Louise

5. Why does Blanche claim she had trouble putting on her makeup for her date in Act II?
(a) She can’t see without her glasses
(b) Her skin was sunburned
(c) Her hands were shaking badly
(d) Her eyelids were twitching

6. Before he leaves in Act II, Stanley tells Eugene, “If you ever write a story about me, call me” what?
(a) Jackson
(b) Thomas
(c) Hank
(d) Henry

7. Due to Jack’s health, Jack and Kate are unable to go to an affair to see who with his orchestra in Act II?
(a) James Taylor
(b) Glen Gray
(c) Roger Waters
(d) Lawrence Welk

8. What does Eugene say his dad was doing at nights to try to earn extra money before his health collapsed in Act II?
(a) Driving a taxi
(b) Night auditing at a hotel
(c) Selling vacuum cleaners
(d) Engineering a subway

9. How long has the doctor told Jack Jerome to stay home and rest in the beginning of Act II?
(a) Two or three days
(b) Two or three weeks
(c) Two or three months
(d) Six months

10. Eugene says that his cousin Nora has been seeing what guy every night in Act II?
(a) William Ross
(b) James Handy
(c) Michael Stuart
(d) Larry Clurman

11. What kind of ice cream does Jack say he wants for dessert in Act II?
(a) Chocolate
(b) Butter pecan
(c) Vanilla
(d) Maple walnut

12. How much is the salary that Stanley has lost in Act II?
(a) $17
(b) $25
(c) $120
(d) $200

13. What brand of cigarettes does Stanley say he smokes in Act II?
(a) Camels
(b) Parliaments
(c) Lucky Strikes
(d) Marlboros

14. Jack says to Blanche when she and Kate are fighting in Act II, “Tell her what it’s like to live in a house that isn’t yours. To have to depend on somebody else to put food on your plate every night. I know what it’s like because I lived that way until I was” how old?
(a) Eighteen years old
(b) Twenty-one years old
(c) Thirty-one years old
(d) Twenty-three years old

15. How much money does Eugene say is his “life’s savings” stored in his cigar box in Act II?
(a) $4.32
(b) $1.12
(c) $21.50
(d) $5

Short Answer Questions

1. To what store does Jack tell Eugene to go for ice cream in Act II?

2. When Stanley returns home at the end of Act II, Eugene tells him, “Mom’s in the kitchen cooking. Pop’s upstairs with his prayer book. They figured if God didn’t bring you home, maybe” what would?

3. Who does Laurie decide her mother looks like before she leaves for her date in Act II?

4. Of the letter that Blanche receives in Act II, Eugene says, “It was a sad letter, all right, but it sure was well written. Maybe I should have been born” where?

5. When Kate and Blanche begin arguing in Act II, Kate says “I was the workhorse and you were the” what?

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