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

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

3. In what state does the family live?
(a) Louisiana
(b) Georgia
(c) Mississippi
(d) Montana

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

5. What is the location for the setting?
(a) New Orleans
(b) The countryside
(c) Biloxi
(d) The Pollitt plantation

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brick advise Maggie to do?

2. What is Maggie's plan regarding her marriage?

3. What would help Maggie endure her ongoing state of sexual deprivation?

4. How are the two main characters related?

5. What does Brick refuse to do that frustrates Maggie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Maggie's plans for outwaiting Brick's current indifference toward her?

2. How does Brick respond to Maggie's plan?

3. What is the irony of Brick's hatred of mendacity in others?

4. What does Big Mama think is best for Big Daddy after this big day?

5. How do Gooper and Mae react upon hearing that Brick is Big Daddy's favorite child?

6. What is the real truth about Big Daddy's health?

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

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

9. What does Big Mama tell the family about Big Daddy and the inheritance after her emotions stabilize?

10. Why must Maggie tell Brick everything that happened at the family's dinner that evening?

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