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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. Meg believes Lenny is shy with men because:
(a) She doesn't trust them since their Daddy left.
(b) She was never allowed to speak to them.
(c) She has had her heart broken.
(d) She is ashamed of her shrunken ovary.

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

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

4. Through Babe's confession she discovers:
(a) She does not love Zackery.
(b) She wants to protect herself from scandal.
(c) She wants to live.
(d) She is angry with granddaddy.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Barnette Lloyd arrives, Babe:

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

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

4. Chick is upset at Lenny because:

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Babe finally understand the gravity of her situation?

2. Describe Meg's encounter with Doc.

3. What does Babe's attitude about jail reveal about her?

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

5. Why does Lenny continually bring up the past?

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

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

8. What does Babe's affair with Willy Jay suggest about her?

9. What was Meg's life like in L.A.?

10. Why does Meg bring up Lenny's boyfriend from Memphis?

(see the answer keys)

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