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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. Doc has apparently:
(a) Just gotten married.
(b) Just remembered Lenny's birthday.
(c) Just heard about Granddaddy's illness.
(d) Just returned to Hazlehurst.

2. Barnette plans to win the case by arguing:
(a) Murder in the first degree.
(b) Self-defense or not guilty by reason of temporary insanity.
(c) Self-defense or guilty of manslaughter.
(d) Guilty by reason of insanity.

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

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

5. When the girls argue about the lawyer, the mood becomes:
(a) Angry and confrontational.
(b) Reflective and sober.
(c) Angry and violent.
(d) Joyous and celebratory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Babe does not want to expose Willy Jay because:

2. While Babe muses about the birthday cake she has ordered for Lenny, Meg:

3. Babe's story suggests that Lenny broke up with Charlie Hill because:

4. Lenny's birthday gift turns out to be a box of candy, which suggests:

5. Meg and Lenny's relationship appears at first to be:

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of man does Doc Porter appear to be?

2. What "crime" has Meg committed against Granddaddy in Act II?

3. Why is Barnette willing to give up his vendetta?

4. What do the candy, cokes, and lemonade symbolize for the girls?

5. What does Doc appear to want from his meeting with Meg?

6. What possibilities does Barnette Lloyd present as Babe's attorney.

7. Why does Babe seem surprise to hear the real story of Doc's injury and the town's opinion of Meg?

8. How does Meg feel about talking about the past?

9. In their discussion of the rules for "hearts," the girls remember that hearts are bad, which suggests what?

10. Describe Babe's motivations for shooting Zackery.

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