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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. Babe explodes at Chick, which indicates:
(a) She should not have been released from prison.
(b) She is angry that her sisters have ganged up on her.
(c) She is in desperate need of confiding in someone.
(d) She is in an emotionally vulnerable state.

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

3. Chick's attitude toward Meg reveals:
(a) She is jealous of Meg's lifestyle.
(b) Their relationship is strained and confrontational.
(c) Their relationship will be mended over the course of the play.
(d) She is secretly happy to have Meg back.

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

5. Meg takes a coke from the fridge to calm Lennie, but first she drinks from it herself, indicating:
(a) She is hungry and thirsty after her journey.
(b) Lennie is not thirsty.
(c) She needs time to think of what to say next.
(d) She is more immediately concerned with herself than with Lenny.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Barnette Lloyd arrives, Babe:

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

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

4. Doc has apparently:

5. When Meg confesses her reservations, Barnette:

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do Meg, Lenny, and Babe seem to fall into old patterns of behavior around one another?

3. Describe Old Granddaddy's relationship with his granddaughters.

4. How do Meg and Lenny appear to feel about their father?

5. What seems to be happening to Babe at the end of Act II?

6. What do Lennie's actions imply about her?

7. What is Meg's attitude toward her family?

8. Chick's return visit forces what to happen?

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

10. 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?

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