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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What entertainment takes place over the last hand of gin?
(a) The Extended Family visits.
(b) A choir strikes up.
(c) A magic performance takes place.
(d) A televangelist plays in the background.

2. How was Weller possibly a dishonest business man?
(a) By cutting his partners out of the profits.
(b) By exaggerating his travel expenses.
(c) By taking more for his work than it was worth.
(d) By selling his company out from underneath his partners.

3. In Act 1, Scene 2, Weller explains how he started enjoying playing gin earlier in life. What context did he play in?
(a) As a father.
(b) As a traveling salesman.
(c) As a business partner.
(d) As a businessman on business trips.

4. What lie does Weller, through guess work, discover?
(a) That Fonsia lied about having a sister in Ottawa.
(b) That Fonsia lied about being divorced.
(c) That Fonsia lied about having never played cards before.
(d) Where Fonsia's son lives.

5. What illness does Fonsia have that requires constant care?
(a) Meningitis.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Lung Cancer.
(d) Alzheimers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Fonsia win the last hand of gin in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. Weller describes what as being the worst feeling of his life?

3. What parallel does Fonsia draw between Weller and her ex-husband in the final scene?

4. After making the mistake of getting sick, what mistake did Weller make next?

5. What one subject does Mrs. Leala want to discuss?

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