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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 is a possible source of Mary's behavioral problems?
(a) Emotional disturbance.
(b) Alcohol abuse.
(c) Abused as a child.
(d) Drugs.

2. Who is Karen's fiance?
(a) Dr. Joseph Cardoff.
(b) Dr. Joe Cardin.
(c) Dr. Jim Bellevue.
(d) Dr. James Hall.

3. How can Mrs. Tilford be characterized?
(a) Reasonable.
(b) Impatient.
(c) Angry.
(d) Abusive.

4. What does Dr. Cardin tell Mary she must stop doing?
(a) Drinking beer.
(b) Creating such turmoil at the school.
(c) Biting her nails.
(d) Faking heart attacks.

5. How does Mrs. Tilford react to Mary's visit?
(a) Joyously.
(b) Happily.
(c) Angrily.
(d) Warily.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mary has a history of _________________.

2. Who overhears Martha and Mrs. Mortar arguing?

3. Who is Mary's grandmother?

4. According to Mary, who knows about the behavior of Karen and Martha?

5. Who reprimands Mary during her crying fit?

Short Essay Questions

1. Given Mary's behavior so far in the play, what type of home would the reader believe she had been raised in?

2. Why does the author set the story of good vs. evil in a small town in Massachusetts?

3. What can be presumed about the source of Mary's cunning behavior?

4. What does Karen say in response to Mrs. Tilford's apology?

5. What does Mary symbolize in this good vs. evil drama?

6. What is the result of Karen, Martha and Dr. Cardin questioning Mary?

7. Why is Rosalie coming to spend the night at the Tilford home?

8. Why are the adults not concerned about Mary's "heart attack"?

9. The parents get caught up in the fever of Mary's accusations and Mrs. Tilford's phone calls and neglect to do one thing. What is that one thing?

10. How does Act 1 end?

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