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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. Chick's tight extra-petite pantyhose suggest:
(a) Lenny has deliberately bought the wrong size.
(b) Lenny has forgotten what size she wears.
(c) She cares more about appearance than comfort.
(d) She cares about the quality of her clothing.

2. Lenny appears to be jealous about:
(a) Doc's new wife.
(b) Doc's new baby.
(c) Doc's interest in Meg.
(d) Doc's attention to Chick.

3. When Meg confesses her reservations, Barnette:
(a) Reveals he has a personal vendetta against Zackery.
(b) States he believes Babe did not act alone.
(c) Pleads with her to keep him on for the experience.
(d) Concedes he is not the right lawyer for the case.

4. Chick is upset at Lenny because:
(a) Lenny has not visited Granddaddy in the hospital.
(b) Lenniy has invited Doc over.
(c) Lenny believes Babe is innocent.
(d) Lenny has called Meg home on Babe's behalf.

5. Babe's story suggests that Lenny broke up with Charlie Hill because:
(a) Her granddaddy insisted she marry Zackery Botrelle.
(b) She did not find him attractive.
(c) She told him about her shrunken ovary and he rejected her.
(d) Her granddaddy did not approve of him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Meg claims she has not read Lenny's letters because:

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

3. The nylon wrapper and hair ball Chick leaves on the floor suggests:

4. Meg's remark, "We're getting so old," offends Lenny because:

5. Chick's attitude toward Meg reveals:

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the details of Meg's life in Hollywood reveal?

2. What is significant about the last image on stage before the lights go down?

3. What do Meg and Babe's comments about Charlie reveal about the sisters.

4. Why does Lenny continually bring up the past?

5. Who is Billy Boy and what does he represent?

6. What is significant about the fact that the play begins on Lennie's birthday?

7. Chick is presented as "too big" for her pantyhose, and her hairstyle threatens to become too big also. What does this bigness suggest about her character?

8. How might the three sisters serve as symbols for stereotypes of Southern women?

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

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

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