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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Karen and Martha want to talk to Mrs. Tilford?
(a) They would like her support in the next election.
(b) She has encouraged all the parents to remove their daughters from the school.
(c) They are enlisting her help to organize a bake sale.
(d) They want to confirm her grant to the school for next year.

2. What does Karen ask Dr. Cardin when they are alone?
(a) If they can move to California.
(b) If they can have children right away.
(c) If he truly believed in her innocence.
(d) If he really loves her.

3. What kind of charges is Mary making against the headmistresses?
(a) A little bit true.
(b) Completely false.
(c) Completely true.
(d) Probably true.

4. Dr. Cardin believes that Mary is prone to _______________.
(a) falling.
(b) stuttering.
(c) fabrications.
(d) coughing spells.

5. Why is Mrs. Mortar especially despicable?
(a) She spits when she talks.
(b) She talks about everyone she knows.
(c) She refused to testify when she could have reversed the legal decision.
(d) She is greedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what theme does the author end the play?

2. Who emerges as the strongest character at the end of the play?

3. What is the theme associated with Mrs. Tilford at the end of the play?

4. What has forced Martha to examine her feelings for Karen?

5. What makes the only noise in the school now?

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