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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 happens when Tom is trying to get his coat on as he goes out the door?
(a) The phone is broken
(b) He hits his mother
(c) He knocks a piture off the mantle
(d) Laura's glass menagerie is broken

2. What does Amanda want Tom to look for at work?
(a) Extra work on the side
(b) A job for Amanda
(c) A better job position
(d) A potential husband for Laura

3. How does Amanda intend to get the money she feels they will need?
(a) Selling magazine subscriptions
(b) Cleaning houses
(c) Mending clothing
(d) Appearing onstage

4. What is Amanda wearing when Tom and her enter the dinning room?
(a) Very Old Bathrobe
(b) Pajamas
(c) Winter Coat
(d) Cocktail Dress

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Amanda describe Laura's state when Laura calls herself a cripple?

2. What does Amanda not say has "just gone up the spout?"

3. How big is the moon that night?

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

5. How does Laura describe Emily Meisenback's clothes in high school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Amanda ask Tom to do for Laura?

2. What is the reason that Laura quit her college classes?

3. What does Tom warn Amanda about the gentleman caller that he has invited over?

4. Why are some of the things Tom and Amanda fighting at the start of scene three?

5. What does Amanda tell Tom he could afford if he would quit smoking?

6. Why do you think Tom apologizes to Amanda?

7. How does Amanda describe the majority of her suitors and what became of them?

8. What does Amanda seem concerned about when she learns that Laura has dropped out of college?

9. Why does Laura want Tom to apologize to Amanda?

10. What are some of the things that Amanda wants Laura to do instead of clearing the table in scene one?

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