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

2. What does Maggie call herself?
(a) A thoroughbred
(b) Cat on a hot tin roof
(c) The early bird
(d) The lead dog

3. What does Maggie reassure Brick about?
(a) That he will get another job
(b) That his ankle will heal soon
(c) That their sex life will return
(d) That he will get the inheritance

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Maggie, who sees Big Daddy's last birthday as a double cause for celebration?

2. How many children does Mae have?

3. What secret does the family intend to keep from Big Daddy?

4. How are the two main characters related?

5. How does Brick feel about the upcoming event?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Brick respond to Maggie's claims of loneliness?

3. Why does Maggie think Gooper thinks he is more socially advanced than the others?

4. What are Big Mama's observations of Big Daddy's evening?

5. Who is the person who tells Big Mama about the severity of Big Daddy's illness?

6. What does Maggie say that creates the play's title?

7. Explain how Maggie seizes the opportunity to take control of all the inheritance talk.

8. What is the setting for Act 3 of the play?

9. Why does Brick try several times to leave the room and escape conversation with Big Daddy?

10. What are Big Daddy's current thoughts about who to leave the plantation to when he dies?

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