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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 best describes the relationship between Weller and his children?
(a) They have a 'fiscal' relationship.
(b) They have a mistrusting relationship.
(c) They have lost touch with one another.
(d) They have a combative relationsip.

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

3. What day does Act 1, Scene 2 take place?
(a) 1 month after the day of the first scene.
(b) 3 days after the day of the first scene.
(c) 1 day after the day of the first scene.
(d) 1 week after the day of the first scene.

4. What does Weller refer to as "dumb Gin"?
(a) Collecting royal straights.
(b) Knocking.
(c) Holding face cards too long.
(d) Collecting only straights.

5. What illness does Fonsia have that requires constant care?
(a) Meningitis.
(b) Lung Cancer.
(c) Alzheimers.
(d) Diabetes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the score of the first hand played?

3. What dish do Weller and Fonsia complain of knowing of no one who likes it?

4. How many kids does Weller have?

5. What is the minimum number of cards needed for a straight in gin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why don't "we have to worry about [Fonsia's] memory any more?"

3. In Act 1, Scene 2, what according to Weller "seems to happen quite a lot to [Fonsia]," and how could this be seen as helpful to the writing of the play?

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. What health condition of Weller's is Fonsia becoming concerned about at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

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

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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