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

2. Amanda tells Tom if he quit smoking he would have enough money to go to night school to be what?
(a) A policeman
(b) A doctor
(c) A engineer
(d) An accountant.

3. What is it that Amanda claims has made her a witch?
(a) Her Poverty
(b) Her Political Ambitions
(c) Her Lonliness
(d) Her Devotion

4. What do Amanda and Tom both say they are at the end of?
(a) Road
(b) Rope
(c) Patience
(d) Capabilities

5. What does Tom tell Amanda his wish is?
(a) For love
(b) World Peace
(c) A secret
(d) For adventure

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Tom say his father was thinking of when he left?

3. How much more a month does the gentleman make than Tom?

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

5. What do Tom and Amanda wish on?

Short Essay Questions

1. When and where does the story take place?

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

3. What is the significance of Malvolio the Magician that Tom watches perform?

4. What are the names Tom tells his mother that he is called at the opium dens?

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

6. In what way does Amanda tell Tom she wouldn't mind him emulating his father?

7. Amanda doesn't believe that Tom goes to the movies every night. What does she allude to that she believes Tom is doing?

8. What reasons are discussed for the lack of gentlemen callers that Laura will be receiving that evening in scene one?

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

10. Describe what Amanda wears to her D.A.R. meetings.

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