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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. According to Weller in Act 1, Scene 2, how are the percentages looking?
(a) They are beginning to favor Fonsia.
(b) They are beginning to even out.
(c) They are beginning to favor him.
(d) They are beginning to disfavor him.

2. According to Weller, what is the one sin in card playing?
(a) Discarding the ace of spades.
(b) Playing with joker's wild.
(c) Drawing to an inside straight.
(d) Betting on the draw.

3. What card games is Fonsia familiar with?
(a) Pinochle and Solitaire.
(b) Poker and Gin.
(c) Pinochle and Rummy.
(d) Cribbage and Solitaire.

4. At the start of the first hand in Act 1, Scene 2, Fonsia claims gin has what effect on her?
(a) An assuring effect.
(b) A motivating effect.
(c) A relaxing effect.
(d) A stressful effect.

5. Weller suggests what about his business partners in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) That they want him back in the business.
(b) That they charged more than was right for their consulting.
(c) That they were trouble.
(d) That they were unethical.

Short Answer Questions

1. Weller draws what insult from the following statement by Fonsia: "I can't help it"?

2. What illness does Fonsia have that requires constant care?

3. How did Fonsia get over the 'spells' she had after her divorce?

4. Fonsia wins the first gin game by doing what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Gladys Mayes represent in the play?

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

4. What is Weller's immediate reaction to Fonsia's distress in Act 1, Scene 1, and what does this suggest about his character?

5. How does Weller's choice of profanity conform to the opening action in Act 1, Scene 2?

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

7. What is knocking?

8. In Act 1, Scene 2, why would Fonsia's father turn over in his grave, according to Weller?

9. How does the scoring, according to the Hollywood style, work in gin?

10. What 'admiral... minor virtues' did Fonsia's father personify, and how do you think they might contrast with Weller's character?

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