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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Maggie's plan regarding her marriage?
(a) She wishes she never married
(b) She is about at the end of her patience
(c) She is going to stay until it is better again
(d) She is divorcing Brick as soon as possible

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

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

4. Who is Gooper?
(a) Brick's friend
(b) Maggie's ex-husband
(c) Brick's brother
(d) Maggie's brother

5. Who is the other main character?
(a) Maggie
(b) Alice
(c) Marjorie
(d) Marie

6. Who occupies the setting of the first act?
(a) Gooper and Mae
(b) Brick and Maggie
(c) Anyone invited
(d) Anyone in town

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

8. With whom had people thought Brick had an inappropriate relationship?
(a) Skipper
(b) Schooner
(c) Lacey
(d) Mae

9. In what state does the family live?
(a) Montana
(b) Georgia
(c) Mississippi
(d) Louisiana

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

11. Who is Skipper?
(a) Brick's former college football buddy
(b) The Pollitts' stable boy
(c) Maggie's former boyfriend
(d) Maggie's ex-husband

12. Who does Big Mama talk to on the phone about Big Daddy's diagnosis?
(a) Miss Ellie
(b) Reverend Mitchell
(c) Miss Sally
(d) Mae

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

14. What is Maggie's purpose for entering the room?
(a) Make a phone call
(b) Change her dress
(c) Write in her diary
(d) Take a nap

15. What physical injury has Brick recently sustained?
(a) Broken leg
(b) Herniated disk
(c) Broken arm
(d) Broken ankle

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brick refuse to do that frustrates Maggie?

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

3. Where does the family live?

4. What is the location for the setting?

5. How many children do Brick and Maggie have?

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