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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. What game is Weller playing at the opening of the play?
(a) Cribbage.
(b) Solitaire.
(c) Five card draw.
(d) Texas hold 'em.

2. Fonsia claims that her mother would have killed her for playing cards. Why is that?
(a) Fonsia's mother considered card playing gambling, and would have looked down upon it.
(b) Fonsia's mother considered card playing a man's game, and would have looked down upon it.
(c) Fonsia's mother considered card playing below their station, and would have looked down upon it.
(d) Fonsia's mother considered card playing a sin, and would have looked down upon it.

3. Weller claims that what is 'a racket'?
(a) Old age homes that require tenants to sign a power of attorney over to the home.
(b) Old age homes that require tenants to relinquish their automobiles to the home.
(c) Old age homes that require tenants to attend religous services.
(d) Old age homes that require tenants to relinquish all their assets to the home.

4. What does Weller believe the staff of the Home stole from him?
(a) His cash.
(b) A three hundred dollar watch.
(c) His prescriptions.
(d) His Social Security check.

5. What change in appearance has overcome both characters in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) They are both dressed informally.
(b) They both appear ill.
(c) They are both neatly dressed.
(d) Both are dressed for cold weather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Weller's complaint about the family of Gladys Maye?

2. When Weller begins losing his temper at the game, Fonsia threatens what?

3. How many grandchildren does Fonsia have?

4. According to Weller, how can you get more Hollywoods traveling West?

5. How many points does Weller post in the first game in Act 1, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What new and combative aspect in the interaction between the two characters takes place upon Fonsia winning the hand with Queens in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. What do you think is Weller's opinion of the other residents of the home after reading Act 1, Scene 1?

3. What does the moment of faintness that Fonsia suffers in Act 1, Scene 2 reveal about the two characters?

4. Towards the end of Act 1, Scene 2, Weller begins misinterpreting what Fonsia says. How do these misinterpretations move the play?

5. At the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2, Weller's actions contrast his earlier behavior and his current dress. How so, and what does this suggest about him?

6. What does Fonsia's childhood suggest about her character?

7. In what way, according to Weller, does the Home promote theft of its residents by the staff?

8. In Act 1, Scene 1, what does the condition of the stage setting suggest about the financial standing of the residents?

9. How does Fonsia win the last hand of Act 1, Scene 1, and what might this foreshadow?

10. In Act 1, Scene 2, Weller states that "half of them are catatonic... and... the ones who do talk make you appreciate the ones who don't." Who is the quote in regards to, and what is it about the talking that bothers both characters?

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