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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What secret does the family intend to keep from Big Daddy?
(a) That Maggie is infertile
(b) That he has terminal cancer
(c) That Big Mama is sick
(d) That Lacey is his child

3. Who is Mae?
(a) Gooper's ex-wife
(b) Brick's sister
(c) Gooper's wife
(d) Maggie's sister

4. What is the name of the family showcased in the play?
(a) Pollitt
(b) Johnson
(c) Hall
(d) Pickerel

5. Who interrupts Brick and Maggie by pounding on the door?
(a) Mae
(b) Gooper
(c) Big Mama
(d) A no-necked monster

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the two main characters related?

2. What advantage does Maggie think that Gooper and Mae have in the inheritance?

3. What function does the setting also serve?

4. How does Maggie enter the room in the first act?

5. Who interrupts Brick and Maggie as they argue?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why it is difficult for Maggie to have any privacy with Brick in their bedroom.

2. What is Big Mama's reaction after learning of Bid Daddy's terminal cancer diagnosis?

3. What are the details of Maggie's encounter with Brick's close friend, Skipper?

4. What do the others in the room do that irritates Big Mama?

5. What is Big Mama's reason for abruptly entering Brick and Maggie's bedroom?

6. How does Gooper try to segue into discussing Big Daddy's health?

7. Maggie must change her dress which has been soiled by one of Gooper and Mae's children. What does Maggie think of the children and what does she call them?

8. What is one way that Maggie might be able to endure this period of sexual deprivation in her marriage?

9. How does Big Daddy indicate that he is back in control of running the plantation?

10. What is the setting for the opening of the play?

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