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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. Anna decides it is far too early to go to _______________ and Larry agrees with her.
(a) The store.
(b) Wake.
(c) Bed.
(d) The graveyard.

2. Where was the wake Anna attended for Robbie's death with Robbie's family?
(a) Canada.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Houston.
(d) Minneapolis.

3. What is the relationship that Robbie and Anna once shared when he was alive?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Siblings.
(c) Lovers.
(d) Dance partners.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Anna offers Pale coffee, though he would clearly prefer ___________ as a beverage.

2. Anna is upset that she was not able to give Robbie a proper ____________ in the midst of his family and the secrets.

3. What does Larry come in carrying when he enters the scene with Anna and the others?

4. Pale points out that ________ was the one family member that Robbie actually liked.

5. Burton decides to leave as he wants to type up notes for his _______________ before heading to a dinner meeting.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Burton have to say in response to Pale's comment/question about whether she is sleeping with Burton, too?

2. What is the news that Burton learns upon arriving in Anna's apartment at the start of the play?

3. What is the one thing that Robbie's family has never seen him do, which also upsets Anna?

4. When Pale meets Larry, he says that he does not remember seeing Larry at the wake. What does Larry respond?

5. What does Anna reveal about Pale's ideas about what happened to Robbie and to Dominic?

6. What does Burton have to say when Anna makes a comment about getting too personal?

7. What does Anna tell Pale when he moves to put his hand underneath her robe when they are on the couch?

8. What does Larry reveal he has been doing that evening while Anna and Burton were at their social engagement?

9. What does Burton say that he misses about women's clothing as he helps Anna with her dress?

10. What is on the message that Burton leaves for Anna on the answering machine before she picks it up?

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