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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many points does Weller post in the first game in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) 80.
(b) 100.
(c) 0.
(d) 10.
2. How old is Fonsia's oldest grandchild?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 8.
(d) 14.
3. How old is Fonsia's youngest grandchild?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.
4. What best describes the relationship between Weller and his children?
(a) They have lost touch with one another.
(b) They have a 'fiscal' relationship.
(c) They have a combative relationsip.
(d) They have a mistrusting relationship.
5. What is Weller using as a makeshift ashtray at the opening of the play?
(a) The side of the porch.
(b) The lid of a biscuit tin.
(c) An old shoe.
(d) A hub cap.
Short Answer Questions
1. Fonsia claims that her mother would have killed her for playing cards. Why is that?
2. What day does Act 1, Scene 2 take place?
3. According to Weller, how does Fonsia play the first hand well?
4. How long has Fonsia been at the home?
5. How old is Fonsia's son?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Weller's choice of profanity conform to the opening action in Act 1, Scene 2?
2. Towards the end of Act 1, Scene 2, Weller begins misinterpreting what Fonsia says. How do these misinterpretations move the play?
3. According to Weller, what does he believe drives the staff's constant need to entertain the residents of the home?
4. In what way, according to Weller, does the Home promote theft of its residents by the staff?
5. What is knocking?
6. How does Fonsia win the last hand of Act 1, Scene 1, and what might this foreshadow?
7. What does the attire of the two characters suggest about their respective attitudes in Act 1, Scene 1?
8. In Act 1, Scene 2, why would Fonsia's father turn over in his grave, according to Weller?
9. What do the costumes of the two characters at the opening of Act 1, Scene 2 suggest?
10. What does Gladys Mayes represent in the play?
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