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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Fonsia's son?
(a) 45.
(b) 48.
(c) 35.
(d) 42.

2. What word did Fonsia have to look up for twenty-five years?
(a) Sarcasm.
(b) Inconsequential.
(c) Tranferred.
(d) Ill.

3. Fonsia wins a hand of gin that Weller would have won had he knocked. What card is she waiting for that eventually wins her the hand?
(a) The four of diamonds.
(b) A queen.
(c) The wild card.
(d) An ace.

4. What score does Fonsia win the fourth hand of gin with in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) 142.
(b) 33.
(c) 75.
(d) 91.

5. In Act 2, Scene 1, Fonsia criticizes Weller for what?
(a) Having a sarcastic streak and a horrible temper.
(b) Having a bad temper and a chauvinist streak.
(c) Having a sarcastic streak and a chauvinist attitude.
(d) Having a horrible temper and being a racist.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 2, Scene 1, what is Fonsia's first reaction to Weller getting the cards?

2. In Act 2, Scene 1, according to Fonsia, every second breath of Weller's has to be what?

3. What game is Weller playing at the opening of the play?

4. What is Weller using as a makeshift ashtray at the opening of the play?

5. When Weller suggests that Fonsia check with her doctor and not a welfare quack, what does she snap back at him?

(see the answer key)

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