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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Big Mama's physical appearance?
(a) Statuesque and willowy
(b) Short and skinny
(c) Tall and slender
(d) Short and overweight

2. What do many of the Pollitt family members consider Big Mama to be?
(a) A saint
(b) Glue that keeps them together
(c) An embarrassment
(d) Salt of the earth

3. Who are the usual occupants of the room?
(a) The no-necked monsters
(b) Brick and Maggie
(c) Big Daddy and Big Mama
(d) Gooper and Mae

4. Big Mama chastises Brick for _________________.
(a) Ignoring Maggie
(b) Drinking too much
(c) Buying expensive clothes
(d) Crashing his car

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

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

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

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

9. What are the allegations about Brick's early morning escapade?
(a) He was looking for drugs
(b) He was stoned
(c) He crashed his car
(d) He was with another woman

10. Big Daddy bristles at the talk of ___________.
(a) Death
(b) No-neck monsters
(c) Taxes
(d) Church

11. How old was Big Daddy when he started to work on the plantation?
(a) 20
(b) 21
(c) 16
(d) 10

12. What is Big Daddy interested in now?
(a) Building on to the house
(b) Going fly fishing
(c) Pleasure in the company of women
(d) Traveling to Europe

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

14. What do the household staff members bring into the room?
(a) More chairs
(b) Birthday cake and champagne
(c) Hors d'ouevres
(d) Party guests

15. Why is Big Daddy annoyed with Big Mama?
(a) She fusses with his shirt collar
(b) She drinks too much champagne
(c) She kisses all over his face
(d) She continually interrupts him

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Big Daddy tell Brick he is familiar?

2. How many acres does the Pollitt plantation cover?

3. What does Big Daddy think about the state of his health?

4. What story does Big Daddy tell at the party?

5. What does Big Daddy withhold from Brick?

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