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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who was Ty Cobb?
(a) A musician.
(b) A baseball player.
(c) A basketball player.
(d) A football player.
2. Who are the Sunshine Ladies?
(a) The ladies who prepare meals at the Home.
(b) A group that visits the Home.
(c) The nurses who hand out medication.
(d) A gospel group.
3. What action does Weller take to try to mollify Fonsia as she is crying on the porch?
(a) He holds her hand.
(b) He puts his sweater around Fonsia.
(c) He retreives the pillow for her.
(d) He kisses her.
4. Who does Weller claim to be talking to when talking to himself in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) To his 'little man.'.
(b) To 'the god of Gin.'.
(c) To his 'shadow.'.
(d) To his 'angel.'.
5. According to Fonsia in Act 2, Scene 1, she isn't being tough, but is instead what?
(a) Being fair.
(b) Tired.
(c) Fed up.
(d) Not feeling hospitable.
6. After making the mistake of getting sick, what mistake did Weller make next?
(a) Of trying to "fix things."
(b) The next mistake Weller made was the mistake of falling in love.
(c) Of getting well.
(d) Of going back to work.
7. What entertainment takes place over the last hand of gin?
(a) A choir strikes up.
(b) A televangelist plays in the background.
(c) A magic performance takes place.
(d) The Extended Family visits.
8. Why does Weller throw the score card to the ground in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Because Fonsia stands up for herself.
(b) Because he has yet to win a single hand.
(c) Because Fonsia knocked again.
(d) Because he can't remember the score and it doesn't matter anyhow.
9. How did Weller find himself in this Home?
(a) He had to beg them to take him now that he was out of money.
(b) Himself, by giving them the last of his savings.
(c) His sons placed him in "this cheap home."
(d) Weller was placed in this home by the Welfare Department.
10. What can be "rather awesome at times," according to Weller?
(a) His temper.
(b) The spring weather.
(c) The boredom.
(d) The welfare beurocracy.
11. What ruse does Weller use to get Fonsia to come out and see him on the porch in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) He has another resident of the home tell Fonsia that her sister has come to visit her.
(b) He has another resident of the home tell Fonsia that her son has come to visit her.
(c) He has another resident of the home tell Fonsia that the Sunshine Ladies have come to visit her.
(d) He has another resident of the home tell Fonsia that her ex-husband has come to visit her.
12. What parallel does Fonsia draw between Weller and her ex-husband in the final scene?
(a) He is also abusive.
(b) He is also self-centered.
(c) He is also "always the victim."
(d) He is also "a filthy foul mouth."
13. What is Weller's reaction of gin being called in the final hand in the play?
(a) He dances like a mad man in the rain.
(b) He strikes out at Fonsia's chair with his cane.
(c) He throws the deck of cards at Fonsia.
(d) He flips over the table.
14. What compliment does Weller make to Fonsia in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) For her card playing.
(b) For her style.
(c) For her good manners.
(d) For having a good mind.
15. What exclamation by Fonsia does Act 2, Scene 1 end with?
(a) "Gin, Goddamnit. Gin!"
(b) "Gin. Goodnight!"
(c) "Gin you Jerk!"
(d) "Gin! Gin! Gin!"
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Weller lose his savings?
2. What are Weller's final words of the play?
3. In Act 2, Scene 2, Fonsia counters that it is Weller who is vindictive. In what way?
4. Who does Fonsia call for at the end of the play?
5. In Act 2, Scene 1, what threat brings Fonsia to the card table?
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