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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has made big donations to the church?
(a) A recently-deceased wealthy patron
(b) Mae's father
(c) Big Mama's brother
(d) Big Daddy's brother

2. What do the no-neck monsters do?
(a) Read stories
(b) Dance
(c) Sing songs
(d) Put on a play

3. What story does Big Daddy tell at the party?
(a) How he came to own the plantation
(b) About Brick's days as a football star
(c) About his illness and recovery
(d) How he met Big Mama

4. Who does Big Daddy want to have a conversation with now?
(a) Gooper
(b) Maggie
(c) Big Mama
(d) Brick

5. Big Daddy admits that making love to Big Mama always ______________ him.
(a) calmed
(b) validated
(c) repulsed
(d) excited

6. When does Big Daddy think he will have to decide who to leave the plantation to when he dies?
(a) Never
(b) 5-10 years
(c) 15-20 years
(d) 1-5 years

7. What does Big Daddy withhold from Brick?
(a) A check
(b) Dinner
(c) His crutch
(d) A drink

8. Big Daddy thinks he has escaped ______________________.
(a) A stock market crash
(b) A diagnosis of cancer
(c) Divorce from Big Mama
(d) A malaria epidemic

9. What profession did Brick and Skipper have?
(a) Doctors
(b) Sports announcers
(c) Pro football players
(d) Attorneys

10. What did Brick do when a drunken Skipper had called him to confess his feelings?
(a) Hung up on him
(b) Slept with his wife
(c) Ended his marriage
(d) Quit his job

11. What topic does Big Daddy want to discuss with Brick?
(a) Brick's inheritance
(b) Brick's job
(c) Brick's alcoholism
(d) Maggie

12. What role does Big Mama hold in the family?
(a) Business person
(b) Matriarch
(c) Cook
(d) Religious conscience

13. What does Big Daddy think about the state of his health?
(a) He does not have cancer
(b) He has only a few weeks to live
(c) He does have cancer
(d) He needs more tests

14. Brick tells Big Daddy that he drinks ______________________.
(a) To forget
(b) To dull his senses
(c) To get high
(d) To pass out

15. What other truth does Brick reveal to Big Daddy?
(a) Maggie had a miscarriage
(b) Big Daddy is dying
(c) Maggie is divorcing Brick
(d) Maggie cannot get pregnant

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Big Daddy's intentions regarding pleasure now?

2. What changes Big Daddy's view on the question now?

3. Who orders the no-neck monsters out of the room?

4. What do many of the Pollitt family members consider Big Mama to be?

5. Who does Big Daddy accuse of being mendacious?

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