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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. Jess is described as the "child of a" (19) what?
(a) A biracial couple.
(b) A housekeeper.
(c) A college professor.
(d) An immigrant.

2. Ani's therapist had told her that what kind of therapy would help her body to repair itself?
(a) Physical therapy.
(b) Color therapy.
(c) Music therapy.
(d) Hydrotherapy.

3. What does Ani threaten to do if Eddie does not allow her to mail his belongings?
(a) Call the police.
(b) Press her emergency button.
(c) Never speak to him again.
(d) Drag out the divorce proceedings.

4. How many months does Ani say it has been since she and Eddie have seen each other?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

5. Toward the end of the Prologue, Eddie laments that he has been "stood up" (17) by what?
(a) A ghost.
(b) A friend.
(c) An older woman.
(d) An enemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is John's first guess regarding Jess's major at Princeton?

2. Ani is described as a woman whose "world has not extended very far beyond" what area?

3. In what city is Ani's new apartment located?

4. In what era does the play take place?

5. What weather is happening throughout Scene Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason has Eddie come to Ani's apartment in Scene Two?

2. What evidence is present that indicates Eddie's previous substance abuse problems?

3. How does the motif of music arise in Scene Two?

4. What had been the reason for Eddie losing his last job?

5. For what purpose has Jess come to John's apartment in Scene One?

6. What is the symbolism of the light therapy box discussed in Scene Two?

7. What evidence lies within Scene Two that suggests that Ani has hope of regaining her physical proclivities?

8. What suggestions does Eddie have for Ani the second he walks into her new accessible apartment?

9. What simile does John use to describe what having cerebral palsy feels like?

10. What does Eddie do for a living?

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