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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years had it been since Robbie had even seen his parents, showing just how distant they'd become?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

2. Pale goes on about how he hates the social niceties of __________ and the like.
(a) Dances.
(b) Funerals.
(c) Churches.
(d) Apologies.

3. What did the nephews spend all afternoon doing while the adults attended the wake?
(a) Collecting butterflies.
(b) Eating mud pies.
(c) Collecting frogs.
(d) Playing tag.

4. What is the name of Robbie's lover as revealed at the start of this scene?
(a) Burton.
(b) Larry.
(c) Dominic.
(d) Pale.

5. Anna is going to _______________ for a week and then she is heading to Seattle for six weeks after that.
(a) Miami.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) New York.

6. Pale also says that Anna knows him because he helped to save her from the _____________.
(a) Choreographer.
(b) Boring plays.
(c) Blacks.
(d) Butterflies.

7. Where are Robbie's things, which is not a place where Larry wants to go in order to get them?
(a) Bus station.
(b) Basement.
(c) Bank.
(d) Attic.

8. Who is at the door when it buzzes at the start of the first scene of this play?
(a) Robbie.
(b) Larry.
(c) Pale.
(d) Burton.

9. The family is not aware of the sexuality of Robbie, and they refer to Anna as his ______________.
(a) Trollop.
(b) Girlfriend.
(c) Wife.
(d) Beard.

10. Pale assures Anna that Robbie's family knew he was ____________.
(a) Gay.
(b) Stripper.
(c) Living with his lover.
(d) A librarian.

11. What does Anna point out to Burton as he is talking about his new work, though he is not convinced of his direction?
(a) His fidgeting.
(b) His excitement.
(c) His nervousness.
(d) His tears.

12. Burton remarks about how fickle the _____________ can be in Canada during this time of year.
(a) People.
(b) Food.
(c) Weather.
(d) Moods.

13. What does Larry quote when he walks into the room to see Pale talking with Anna in the loft apartment?
(a) Burn This.
(b) Othello.
(c) Gone with the Wind.
(d) Lust in the Dust.

14. From where has Burton just arrived, having just ended his trip there to come back to see Anna?
(a) Houston.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Minneapolis.
(d) Canada.

15. Larry rejects the idea that Hollywood is a bunch of whores, saying that his job as a(n) ______________ makes him a whore as well.
(a) Advertising worker.
(b) Actor.
(c) Model.
(d) Dancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did another car do to Pale as he pulled into a space before coming up to see Anna?

2. Burton's work discusses how the wives experience waiting on the ___________ walks.

3. Where was the wake Anna attended for Robbie's death with Robbie's family?

4. Pale separates himself from his brother Robbie by the differences in their __________.

5. Out of Robbie's entire family, no one has seen Robbie _________________ - his true passion.

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