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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action does Weller take to try to mollify Fonsia as she is crying on the porch?
(a) He puts his sweater around Fonsia.
(b) He kisses her.
(c) He holds her hand.
(d) He retreives the pillow for her.

2. Weller says he would have knocked Fonsia's teeth in had she done to him what she did to her spouse. What is her response?
(a) Asks if this is why his first wife left him.
(b) She would never have given him the chance.
(c) She would have had him thrown in jail.
(d) He wouldn't dare.

3. How did Fonsia separate from her husband?
(a) By putting everything he owned on the street.
(b) By suing him for everything he had.
(c) By packing up her son and leaving town.
(d) By moving out of the house.

4. In Act 2, Scene 1, what is Fonsia's first reaction to Weller getting the cards?
(a) Fonsia's first response is to proclaim that she will not play.
(b) Fonsia's first response is to claim she will win.
(c) Fonsia's first response is to pretend to be ill.
(d) Fonsia's first response is to leave.

5. What inconsequential mistake in her card playing does Weller bring to Fonsia's attention?
(a) For slapping her cards when calling gin.
(b) Of not putting the discard card face down when calling gin.
(c) Of not having her card total ready when calling gin.
(d) Of not putting the discard card face up when calling gin.

6. What parallel does Fonsia draw between Weller and her ex-husband in the final scene?
(a) He is also "a filthy foul mouth."
(b) He is also abusive.
(c) He is also self-centered.
(d) He is also "always the victim."

7. What exclamation by Fonsia does Act 2, Scene 1 end with?
(a) "Gin, Goddamnit. Gin!"
(b) "Gin! Gin! Gin!"
(c) "Gin. Goodnight!"
(d) "Gin you Jerk!"

8. Why does Weller seek out Fonsia at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) To tell her that her family is there to see her.
(b) To tell her his watch was found by the police.
(c) To apologize to her.
(d) To check on her condition.

9. What card does Weller claim Fonsia fed him in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) The Jack of Diamonds.
(b) The Jack of Clubs.
(c) The Jack of Hearts.
(d) The Ace of Spades.

10. What is Weller's reaction of gin being called in the final hand in the play?
(a) He strikes out at Fonsia's chair with his cane.
(b) He throws the deck of cards at Fonsia.
(c) He flips over the table.
(d) He dances like a mad man in the rain.

11. 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.

12. In Act 2, Scene 1, Fonsia teasingly says what to Weller?
(a) "I am an expert!"
(b) "You can't win."
(c) "I just play like an expert."
(d) "You are just jealous."

13. What remark does Weller make in Act 2, Scene 2 that Fonsia considers the most insulting remark she has heard in her life?
(a) "You and your judgments ran [your husband] right out of the house."
(b) "You've made [your son] feel like the lowest piece of crap on earth for so long he can't stand the sight of you,"
(c) That Fonsia is "vindictive."
(d) The problem with people in the world today is that "they have a mother who's just like you,"

14. How does Weller create some levity in the middle of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) By doing some card tricks..
(b) By beating the furniture with his cane.
(c) By dancing in the rain.
(d) By going into a tirade about the poor, drunken, condition of the Home.

15. What promise does Weller quickly break in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) To not use the Lord's name in vain.
(b) Not to yell.
(c) Not to lose his temper.
(d) To play fair.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Weller possibly a dishonest business man?

2. What worry did Fonsia have when she was working?

3. What are Weller's final words of the play?

4. What evidence does Weller provide in Act 2, Scene 2 to reflect Fonsia's vindictiveness?

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

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