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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. Where does Fonsia's sister live?
(a) Denver.
(b) Ottawa.
(c) Vancouver.
(d) Hollywood.

2. Fonsia wins the first gin game by doing what?
(a) By being dealt the perfect hand and calling gin immediately.
(b) By picking up Weller's discarded Jack and calling gin.
(c) By trapping Weller with high cards and knocking.
(d) By calling gin and leaving the hand open, and having nothing to discard.

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

4. What score does Fonsia win the fourth hand of gin with in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) 142.
(b) 91.
(c) 75.
(d) 33.

5. How did Fonsia get over the 'spells' she had after her divorce?
(a) Time.
(b) Crying fits.
(c) Medication.
(d) The demands of raising her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Fonsia's last name?

2. What is Weller using as a makeshift ashtray at the opening of the play?

3. According to Weller in Act 1, Scene 2, how are the percentages looking?

4. What is the name of the home?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does the attire of the two characters suggest about their respective attitudes in Act 1, Scene 1?

7. What is Fonsia's concern for Weller at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

8. 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?

9. Prior to the deal being made in Act 1, Scene 2, how would you characterize this scene - as more of a comedy or a tragedy?

10. Why might Fonsia have thought that 'this day' was going to be particularly bad in Act 1, Scene 1?

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