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

2. What is it that Laura had that caused the nickname Blue Roses?
(a) Mumps
(b) Pleurosis
(c) A Rash in the shape of a flower
(d) Influenza

3. What did Amanda and her gentlemen callers discuss?
(a) The latest gossip
(b) Whatever came to mind
(c) Anything of intrest
(d) Things of importance going on in the world

4. How big is the moon that night?
(a) Small sliver
(b) Full
(c) Can't see the moon for the clouds
(d) No moon

5. What is the gentleman's position at the warehouse?
(a) Janitor
(b) Shift Superintendent
(c) Shipping Clerk
(d) Docking Supervisior

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Amanda say that a young lady would ask about a man's character to ensure he wasn't a drinker when she was younger?

3. What was it that Laura asked Tom to do before she left for the store?

4. What does Amanda think they will need to help get a gentleman caller for Laura?

5. What do Tom and Amanda wish on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Amanda worried will happen if Tom happens to leave?

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

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

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

5. What does Amanda tell Tom to wait on before he leaves for the merchant marines?

6. How is the play conducted to show that it is a memory?

7. Describe the places where Laura visits while she was supposed to be in her college classes.

8. What is Tom's role in the play?

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

10. What does Amanda tell Laura she needs to cultivate?

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