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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fonsia use the pillow for?
(a) To prop up her back.
(b) To swat at Weller with.
(c) To sit on.
(d) To sort her cards on.

2. What mistake does Weller make in the card game at the end of Act 1?
(a) Of calling out gin before his hand is completed.
(b) Of calling out the cards he needs.
(c) Of discarding a card he know Fonsia needs.
(d) Of discarding a card he needs.

3. What home does Fonsia wish to go to?
(a) The Lutheran home.
(b) The Catholic home.
(c) The Calvinist home.
(d) The Presbyterian home.

4. What mistake does Fonsia make in the first hand of the first game that spoils the round?
(a) Fonsia lays her cards up face first.
(b) Fonsia lays down a pair without having gin.
(c) Fonsia calls gin without discarding.
(d) Fonsia tells Weller she has all four aces.

5. What was the name of Fonsia's husband?
(a) Larry.
(b) Walter.
(c) John.
(d) Milton.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Weller, how can you get more Hollywoods traveling West?

2. 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?

3. Who is the luckiest person Weller has ever seen play gin?

4. What is the name of Fonsia's youngest grandchild?

5. What is Fonsia's nickname?

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