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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the location for the setting?
(a) The countryside
(b) New Orleans
(c) The Pollitt plantation
(d) Biloxi

2. Who does Maggie think will be named the primary beneficiaries in Big Daddy's will?
(a) Mrs. Pollitt
(b) Brick and Maggie
(c) The church
(d) Gooper and Mae

3. What does Maggie call herself?
(a) A thoroughbred
(b) Cat on a hot tin roof
(c) The early bird
(d) The lead dog

4. What does Maggie call Mae's children?
(a) No-neck monsters
(b) Balls of sugar
(c) Minor annoyances
(d) Little darlings

5. How many acts are in this play?
(a) 6
(b) 4
(c) 8
(d) 3

6. How many children does Mae have?
(a) 2 with another on the way
(b) 4 with another on the way
(c) 5 with another on the way
(d) 6 with another on the way

7. What does Maggie offer Brick as some relief from the summer heat?
(a) An alcohol rub
(b) A dip in the pool
(c) Some cold lemonade
(d) A cold beer

8. Who is the patriarch of the family?
(a) Mr. Hall
(b) Old Joe
(c) Big Daddy
(d) The Big Guy

9. What does Maggie reassure Brick about?
(a) That he will get the inheritance
(b) That he will get another job
(c) That their sex life will return
(d) That his ankle will heal soon

10. Who interrupts Brick and Maggie as they argue?
(a) Mae
(b) Big Mama
(c) Gooper
(d) Big Daddy

11. What is Mae's family background?
(a) Poor white trash from Tupelo
(b) Prominent family in Memphis
(c) A snooty family from Boston
(d) Cultured family from New Orleans

12. How many children do Brick and Maggie have?
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 0
(d) 3

13. How did Brick sustain his recent injury?
(a) Riding a horse
(b) Jumping hurdles
(c) Wrecking a car
(d) Falling down steps

14. What is the setting for the play's opening act?
(a) The veranda
(b) By the river
(c) A bedroom
(d) The town social

15. What does Big Mama think Big Daddy's disease is?
(a) Gastroenteritis
(b) Gastroparesis
(c) Spastic colon
(d) Acid reflux

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maggie plead with Brick?

2. Where is Brick hiding while Big Mama chastises Maggie?

3. With which one of Brick's friends did Maggie make love?

4. What event is to occur at the Pollitt plantation that evening?

5. What does Big Daddy think of Brick?

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