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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What excuse does Ida Scott give Amanda for needing off the phone?
(a) Kids are crying
(b) Getting another call
(c) Something burning in the oven
(d) Someone at the door

2. What is it that Laura tells Amanda she couldn't handle looking at?
(a) Her classmates
(b) The neighbors
(c) The suffering look on Amanda's face
(d) Her brother's tears

3. How does Amanda describe Laura's state when Laura calls herself a cripple?
(a) A challenge
(b) A little defect
(c) A problem
(d) A worry

4. What does Amanda not say has "just gone up the spout?"
(a) Lifes Work
(b) Amanda's hopes and ambitions for Laura
(c) Fifty dollars tuition
(d) Their plans

5. What does laura have when she comes out of the kitchen when Amanda calls her?
(a) A saucer
(b) A piece of cake
(c) Silverware
(d) A dishtowel

6. What is it about Tom that make it clear he has been drinking when he returns home?
(a) His slurred speach
(b) His hiccups
(c) His unsteadiness
(d) The smell on his clothes

7. What skill does Amanda claim to possess that allowed her to entertain her gentlemen caller?
(a) Singing
(b) Dancing
(c) Art of Conversation
(d) Animal Impersonations

8. Tom states that in memory everything seems to happen to what?
(a) Music
(b) Be boring
(c) Fade in and out
(d) Be black and white

9. Why does Tom state that he likes going to the movies?
(a) To Get Away
(b) To Learn Acting Skills
(c) To Day Dream
(d) For Adventure

10. What does Laura tell her mother she has been doing everyday when she should be at school.
(a) At the library
(b) Learning to dance
(c) Walking
(d) Working at a refinery

11. What did the typing instructor say when Amanda asked about Laura's progress?
(a) Laura switched classes.
(b) Laura has started teaching the class
(c) That Laura dropped out after a few days
(d) She has never heard of such a student

12. Tom describes his mother as a woman of what?
(a) Action
(b) Grace
(c) Humility
(d) Quietness

13. What is Laura doing when she hears her mother approaching?
(a) Washing and polishing her collection of glass
(b) Reading
(c) Studying her typing
(d) Writing a letter

14. What does Amanda tell the children they have to do with their food that animals do not?
(a) Put it on a Plate
(b) Chew
(c) Cook
(d) Buy it at the Store

15. What two words does Amanda say when Laura tells her hello?
(a) Why? Why?
(b) Pain! Pain!
(c) Deception? Deception?
(d) Wrong. Wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. Amanda tells Tom he has a temperament like what?

2. What does Tom say that he won't do after he rises?

3. What is the one thing about Tom's father that Amanda wishes he would try and emulate?

4. What does Amanda want Tom to look for at work?

5. What does Tom call Amanda's plot to get Laura a gentleman caller?

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