2. What comment does Fonsia make regarding Gladys Maye?
(a) That she is deaf.
(b) That she is suicidal.
(c) That she is bored.
(d) That she is too thin and doesn't eat enough.

3. As Weller begins losing his temper, he begins yelling. He also begins doing what?
(a) Kicking the furniture.
(b) Holding his chest.
(c) Making bigoted remarks.
(d) Swearing.

4. How many grandchildren does Fonsia have?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

5. How does the Home, according to Weller, promote the theft of tenants' goods?
(a) By not paying well enough.
(b) By not making theft a firing offense.
(c) By not providing safes.
(d) By understaffing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Fonsia's oldest grandchild?

2. Who is the luckiest person Weller has ever seen play gin?

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

4. What home does Fonsia wish to go to?

5. Fonsia wins a hand of gin that Weller would have won had he knocked. What card is she waiting for that eventually wins her the hand?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is knocking?

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

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

4. What is it that you think is bothering Fonsia in Act 1, Scene 1?

5. What confession does Weller make about himself as it relates to his interaction with the family of Gladys Mayes?

6. 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?

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

8. How would you characterize the questions Weller makes to Fonsia, and how do they propel the first scene of the play?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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