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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 item does Doc find in the kitchen?
(a) Pot of coffee.
(b) Bottle of whiskey.
(c) Road map.
(d) Car keys.

2. What does Marie compliment Lola on?
(a) Her cooking skills.
(b) Her clean house.
(c) Her new hair style.
(d) Her new dress.

3. What does Lola borrow from Mrs. Coffman?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Silver polish.
(d) Milk.

4. What does Doc take from Turk before leaving the house?
(a) The TV remote.
(b) Lola's picture.
(c) A whiskey bottle.
(d) The newspaper.

5. What does Doc promise to do for Lola?
(a) Buy her a diamond ring.
(b) Take her to Hawaii.
(c) Take her dancing.
(d) Find Little Sheba.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lola say she is proud of Doc?

2. What is the setting for Act 1, Scene 1?

3. Who is Turk?

4. What does Doc sneak out of the house with?

5. What was the name of Lola's little dog?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the irony of Doc's being taken to the hospital for his alcohol abuse problem?

2. Describe the beginning of the dream that Lola has.

3. How does the author show that Doc has feelings for Marie?

4. What negative comment does Marie make about the bouquet of lilacs?

5. How does Lola try to assuage her boredom with the new postman?

6. What questions does Lola bombard Doc with about their life together and what is Doc's reply?

7. What does Doc say to Lola and Marie after he encounters Turk sneaking out of Marie's room?

8. Who is Lola and how does she make her entrance into the play?

9. What is Lola's incentive to clean her house?

10. What does Lola ask Doc to do after she returns from Mrs. Coffman's house?

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