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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What kind of work did Fonsia do before retiring?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Apartment manager.
(d) Accountant.
2. How did Weller lose his savings?
(a) He spent his savings in trying to win back his business.
(b) He spent his savings on trying to reconnect with his family.
(c) He became ill.
(d) Gambling.
3. What evidence does Weller provide in Act 2, Scene 2 to reflect Fonsia's vindictiveness?
(a) Her treatment of the Ash St. House.
(b) Her plyaing of the Jack of Hearts.
(c) Mrs. Gibran.
(d) Her ex-husband.
4. What are Weller's final words of the play?
(a) "Gin, gin, gin."
(b) "I win, I win!"
(c) His final words are to call for a doctor.
(d) "Damnit to hell"
5. When Fonsia confronts Weller about his ruse in Act 2, Scene 2, what is Weller's response?
(a) He apologizes.
(b) He looses his temper.
(c) He grovels.
(d) He denies it.
6. What worry did Fonsia have when she was working?
(a) That she would forget the office number.
(b) That she would call someone by the wrong name.
(c) That she would forget her key.
(d) That she would misspell a word.
7. Why does Fonsia think Weller wants to meet her on the porch in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) She thinks Weller is simply sad.
(b) She thinks Weller is lonely.
(c) She thinks Weller is possibly crazy.
(d) She thinks Weller is bored.
8. Why does Weller throw the score card to the ground in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Because he has yet to win a single hand.
(b) Because Fonsia stands up for herself.
(c) Because he can't remember the score and it doesn't matter anyhow.
(d) Because Fonsia knocked again.
9. What compliment does Weller make to Fonsia in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) For having a good mind.
(b) For her style.
(c) For her card playing.
(d) For her good manners.
10. Who is Weller's accomplice in his ruse in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Mrs. Gibran.
(b) Mrs. Leala.
(c) Mrs. Mayes.
(d) The Sunshine Ladies.
11. What is Weller's criticism of the Unitarian group in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) They want to psychoanalyze everything.
(b) They want to steal everything.
(c) They want to criticize everything.
(d) They want to improve everything.
12. What lie does Weller, through guess work, discover?
(a) That Fonsia lied about having never played cards before.
(b) That Fonsia lied about being divorced.
(c) Where Fonsia's son lives.
(d) That Fonsia lied about having a sister in Ottawa.
13. How was Weller possibly a dishonest business man?
(a) By exaggerating his travel expenses.
(b) By selling his company out from underneath his partners.
(c) By cutting his partners out of the profits.
(d) By taking more for his work than it was worth.
14. In dealing the last hand of gin in Act 2, Scene 2, what does Weller do differently?
(a) Asks Fonsia to keep score.
(b) Deals himself first.
(c) Cuts the deck.
(d) Deals to Fonsia first.
15. What entertainment takes place over the last hand of gin?
(a) The Extended Family visits.
(b) A televangelist plays in the background.
(c) A magic performance takes place.
(d) A choir strikes up.
Short Answer Questions
1. What card does Weller claim Fonsia fed him in Act 2, Scene 1?
2. What game does Weller deal while he and Fonsia converse at the start of Act 2, Scene 1?
3. What illness put Weller in the convalescent home?
4. According to Fonsia in Act 2, Scene 1, if Weller could see himself, he would what?
5. What parallel does Fonsia draw between Weller and her ex-husband in the final scene?
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