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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How are the two main characters related?
(a) They are best friends
(b) Brother and sister
(c) They are married
(d) They work together

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

5. Why is the play's name attributed to that character?
(a) Feline movements
(b) Feline facial characteristics
(c) Jumpy nerves
(d) High spirits and perseverance

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

7. What is Brick doing when Maggie is talking to him?
(a) Talking on the phone
(b) Taking a shower
(c) Reading the paper
(d) Trying to nap

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

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

10. Where does the family live?
(a) Ranch house in the suburbs
(b) A ranch
(c) Townhouse in the city
(d) Southern plantation

11. What does Brick choose to wear to the event?
(a) Jeans and T shirt
(b) An old robe
(c) Khakis and polo shirt
(d) White silk pajamas

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

13. What does the doctor intend to tell Big Mama tonight?
(a) That Big Daddy needs a vacation
(b) The truth about Big Daddy's disease
(c) That she has cancer
(d) Which medications Big Daddy needs

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

15. What event is to occur at the Pollitt plantation that evening?
(a) Big Daddy's bon voyage party
(b) Big Daddy and Big Mama's anniversary party
(c) Big Daddy's birthday party
(d) Big Daddy's retirement party

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state does the family live?

2. What does Brick do when Maggie makes suggestive advances?

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

4. What does Maggie admit to Brick?

5. What does Maggie reassure Brick about?

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