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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 Lola spend the day doing in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Shopping.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Watching TV.
(d) Cleaning the house.

2. What does Mrs. Coffman now feel for Lola?
(a) Respect.
(b) Disgust.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Pity.

3. What does Mrs. Coffman say when Lola tells her she is still looking for Little Sheba?
(a) Little Sheba will come home when she's ready.
(b) She will help her look.
(c) Her kids know where the dog is.
(d) Get another dog and move on.

4. Who does Doc tell that he has heard Turk laughing?
(a) Marie.
(b) Mrs. Coffman.
(c) No one.
(d) Lola.

5. What was Doc retuning home to get?
(a) A set of keys.
(b) A soda.
(c) A screwdriver.
(d) A jacket.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is Bruce expected to arrive?

2. Lola asks Doc if he regrets _________________.

3. Lola's mind wanders off and she talks about ________________________.

4. What does Marie find in her room?

5. Lola wants Doc to watch Marie and Turk kiss but Doc refuses because __________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Doc hear which makes him leave the house without even telling Lola he is leaving?

2. What does Lola reveal about her history with Doc?

3. What are Marie's feelings about Turk and Bruce?

4. How does Doc know Ed and what does Lola tell Ed?

5. How does Lola try to make the evening as nice as possible for Marie and Bruce?

6. What does Lola tell Doc that disgusts him?

7. How does the author use Doc's sneaking the whiskey out under his raincoat as foreshadowing?

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

9. What is the setting and who are the characters which open the play?

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

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