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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jonathan do as he is speaking with Rosalie in Scene 2?
(a) Washes his hands.
(b) Waters the plants.
(c) Stutters.
(d) Eats.

2. What does Jonathan say locks him in the room?
(a) Birds, fish, and cats.
(b) Fruits and vegetables.
(c) Coins, stamps, and plants.
(d) His mother and father.

3. Whose escapades with men does Madame Rosepettle describe in Scene 2?
(a) The hotel owner's.
(b) Rosalie's.
(c) Her ex-husband's.
(d) Her own.

4. Why hasn't Rosalie ever met the parents of the children Rosalie is with?
(a) They are in the hospital.
(b) They are important politicians.
(c) They are working all the time.
(d) The author doesn't say why.

5. Why did Jonathan originally make the object he uses to watch Rosalie?
(a) To sell it and become rich.
(b) To give to his mother as a gift.
(c) To go birdwatching.
(d) To watch airplanes.

6. What does Jonathan tell Rosalie about in the hotel room?
(a) The toilet.
(b) The mattresses.
(c) His mother's Venus flytraps.
(d) The television.

7. What was Rosalie doing with the children when Jonathan first saw her?
(a) Babysitting.
(b) Going to school.
(c) Eating ice cream.
(d) Swinging.

8. What does Jonathan say he finds particularly fulfilling?
(a) Watching birds.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) His stamp collection.
(d) His relationship with Madame Rosepettle.

9. What can the audience see that Jonathan wishes for in Scene 2?
(a) A family and children with Rosalie.
(b) A longer time to stay at the hotel.
(c) A new telescope.
(d) A mother like Madame Rosepettle.

10. What does Jonathan offer to make Rosalie?
(a) A necklace.
(b) Dinner.
(c) A kaleidoscope.
(d) A telescope.

11. Which themes are expressed in Scene 2?
(a) Sexuality and loneliness.
(b) Solace and growth.
(c) Family ties and forgiveness.
(d) Self-respect and compassion for others.

12. What does Rosalie think of the parents of the children she spends time with?
(a) That they are great parents.
(b) They should not have custody of their children.
(c) They should let Rosalie keep them all the time.
(d) They are good listeners.

13. How does Madame Rosepettle treat Rosalie?
(a) Cordially.
(b) Like her own daughter.
(c) Disrespectfully.
(d) Like a guest.

14. What does Rosalie invite Jonathan to do in the evenings?
(a) Go to dinner.
(b) Swim in the pool.
(c) Walk on the beach.
(d) Visit her.

15. Who leaves the hotel room second at the end of Scene 2?
(a) Jonathan.
(b) No one.
(c) Rosalie.
(d) Madame Rosepettle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosalie do when Jonathan refuses her invitation?

2. Which character is experiencing a budding sexual awareness in Scene 2?

3. What is Rosalie's reaction to the conversation with Jonathan?

4. How does Jonathan react when Rosalie calls him by a different name?

5. What is Jonathan's reaction when Rosalie invites Jonathan to do something with her in the evenings?

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