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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) Another year
(b) Two months
(c) A couple of days
(d) A few weeks

2. 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) Six months
(c) Two or three weeks
(d) Two or three months

3. Eugene tells Stanley in Act II that their father threw the newspaper at him for what reason?
(a) He brought the New York Times instead of the New York Post
(b) He brought the New York Post instead of the New York Times
(c) He didn’t bring the morning edition
(d) He didn’t bring the evening edition

4. How much money does Kate give to Eugene to buy ice cream with in Act II?
(a) $2
(b) $4
(c) $3
(d) $1

5. How much money does Stanley say he lost in November and claimed he had a hole in his pocket?
(a) $10
(b) $5
(c) $20
(d) $2

6. How much money does Kate say she’s going to get from Stanley for Blanche to take with her on her date in Act II?
(a) $5
(b) $3
(c) $15
(d) $10

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

8. Where does Stanley work in Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) A hat store
(b) A candy store
(c) A pharmacy
(d) A shoe store

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

10. How old does Jack say his grandmother was when she died?
(a) 91
(b) 101
(c) 94
(d) 87

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

12. At about what time does Act II open?
(a) 9:30 p.m.
(b) 6:30 p.m.
(c) 6:00 a.m.
(d) 3:30 p.m.

13. Who gave Laurie the letter that she brings to Blanche in Act II?
(a) Mrs. Murphy
(b) Eugene Jerome
(c) Nora Jerome
(d) Frank Murphy

14. How much time passes between Acts I and II of Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) Two weeks
(b) Two months
(c) One week
(d) One month

15. Jack Jerome’s second job was selling what before the company shut down?
(a) Dishwashers
(b) Vacuum cleaners
(c) Party favors
(d) Cars

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the name of the friend Blanche says she’s going to stay with in Act II?

3. The men that Stanley gambled with are described in Act II as wearing “black pointy shoes with” what “on their socks”?

4. Stanley has been fired from his job for doing what?

5. Why is Frank at fault for his hospitalization in Act II?

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