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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lenny is surprised to find:
(a) Others might disapprove of Meg.
(b) Chick has some resentment toward Meg.
(c) Meg might not be coming home.
(d) Chick has remembered her birthday.

2. Chick suggests Lenny wait at home and do what?
(a) Greet Babe when she arrives.
(b) Convince Doc to leave right away.
(c) Convince Meg to leave right away.
(d) Wait for the hospital to call.

3. The nylon wrapper and hair ball Chick leaves on the floor suggests:
(a) She is trying to provoke a confrontation in Lenny.
(b) She does not care about her personal appearance.
(c) She has no hygiene habits.
(d) She expects Lenny to clean up after her like a servant.

4. Lenny begins the play by:
(a) Celebrating her birthday alone.
(b) Picking her sister up from prison.
(c) Remembering the anniversary of her mother's death.
(d) Playing her saxophone.

5. Doc has come by to tell Lenny:
(a) Billy Boy has run away.
(b) Billy Boy was struck by a car.
(c) Billy Boy was struck by lightning.
(d) Billy Boy has died of old age.

6. Meg and Lenny's relationship appears at first to be:
(a) Friendly.
(b) Violent.
(c) Distant and cold.
(d) Tentative.

7. Meg and Babe fantasize about the huge birthday cake they have ordered for Lenny, which reveals:
(a) They are still childlike and playful despite their disappointments.
(b) They are unprepared for adult life.
(c) They are completely irresponsible.
(d) They have no idea how serious their predicaments are.

8. Lenny has agreed to hire Barnette Lloyd:
(a) As a favor to a friend.
(b) As a last resort.
(c) Because he is the best lawyer in town.
(d) Because he has a crush on Babe.

9. While Babe muses about the birthday cake she has ordered for Lenny, Meg:
(a) Calls Zackery to learn the truth about the shooting.
(b) Calls Doc to have a reunion.
(c) Calls Barnette Lloyd to invite him over to talk to Babe.
(d) Calls Lenny to tell her to come home.

10. Meg's remark, "We're getting so old," offends Lenny because:
(a) Doc does not see Meg as old.
(b) Meg says it right after she sees Lenny.
(c) Lenny feels ugly compared to Meg.
(d) Meg knows it is Lenny's birthday.

11. Babe claims she shot Zackery in the stomach because:
(a) She was tired of his yelling all the time.
(b) He caught her in the act with Willy Jay.
(c) She was aiming for his heart and her hands were shaking.
(d) He threatened her life that day.

12. Rather than admit she is gaining weight, Chick claims the pantyhose do not fit because:
(a) The company is skimping on nylon material.
(b) Stress has caused her to become bloated.
(c) Lenny has shrunken them.
(d) Lenny has purchased the wrong size.

13. Babe seems to blame their mother's death on:
(a) The pressures of being a single mother.
(b) Society's judgement of women.
(c) The cat's misbehavior.
(d) Their father's abandonment.

14. Meg protests to the idea of Doc's wife because:
(a) She still has feelings for Doc and wants to tell him.
(b) His wife is a Yankee.
(c) His wife is Southern.
(d) She detests artists because she is jealous of them.

15. What secret does Babe reveal about Lenny to Meg?
(a) Lenny tried to hang herself like their mother did.
(b) Lenny has taken up gardening as an escape.
(c) Lenny had never been on a date.
(d) Lenny dated a man she met through an ad in the paper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Doc has apparently:

2. Granddaddy's attitude about Meg's singing career shows:

3. Chick tells Lennie that Lenny's gift to her daughter fell apart because:

4. Barnette immediately wins Meg over because:

5. Chick's tight extra-petite pantyhose suggest:

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