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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Weller using as a makeshift ashtray at the opening of the play?
(a) The side of the porch.
(b) A hub cap.
(c) The lid of a biscuit tin.
(d) An old shoe.

3. According to Weller in Act 1, Scene 2, how are the percentages looking?
(a) They are beginning to favor him.
(b) They are beginning to even out.
(c) They are beginning to disfavor him.
(d) They are beginning to favor Fonsia.

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

5. When Weller begins losing his temper at the game, Fonsia threatens what?
(a) To start keeping score herself.
(b) To start playing seriously.
(c) To beat him without letting him score a single point.
(d) To stop playing.

6. What is Weller's last name?
(a) Ones.
(b) Martin.
(c) James.
(d) Mosley.

7. What happened to Fonsia's husband?
(a) Fonsia's husband and she divorced.
(b) Fonsia's husband died in World War II.
(c) Fonsia's husband died in a plane crash.
(d) Fonsia's husband abandoned her.

8. How large are the rooms at the home, according to Fonsia?
(a) 10 foot by 15 foot shoe boxes.
(b) 8 foot by 8 foot closets.
(c) 12 foot by 12 foot cubes.
(d) 10 foot square boxes.

9. What is Fonsia's last name?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Darington.
(c) Marvin.
(d) Dorsey.

10. How did Fonsia get over the 'spells' she had after her divorce?
(a) Medication.
(b) Crying fits.
(c) The demands of raising her family.
(d) Time.

11. According to Weller, how does Fonsia play the first hand well?
(a) By discarding her high cards.
(b) By discarding what he needed.
(c) By knocking.
(d) By retaining the Kings.

12. How is the second hand of the second game won in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) By Fonsia, who knocks to win.
(b) By Weller, who receives a perfect hand.
(c) By Weller, who wins in three rounds.
(d) By Fonsia, who receives a perfect hand.

13. What is the name of the home?
(a) Bentley.
(b) Granger.
(c) Horace.
(d) Aston.

14. What is the name of Fonsia's oldest grandchild?
(a) Lonny.
(b) Denver.
(c) Larry Jr.
(d) Bagley.

15. What is the score of the first hand played?
(a) Weller 55.
(b) Fonsia 20.
(c) Fonsia 42.
(d) Weller 42.

Short Answer Questions

1. What home does Fonsia wish to go to?

2. How long has Fonsia been at the home?

3. What does Weller refer to as "dumb Gin"?

4. What is it in Act 1, Scene 2 that makes Fonsia dizzy?

5. Fonsia claims that her mother would have killed her for playing cards. Why is that?

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