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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. Why does Amanda want Laura to stay fresh and pretty?
(a) For Laura's gentlemen callers
(b) Amanda is tired of cleaning up after her
(c) They are going out
(d) Laura is wearing a new dress

2. What does Laura say when Amanda announces Laura is going to find someone to marry?
(a) That she is a cripple
(b) That she is to old
(c) That she is to ugly
(d) That she is to poor

3. How does the conversation end between Amanda and Ida Scott regarding the magazine subscription?
(a) Ida tells Amanda she hates the magazine
(b) Ida says no thank you
(c) Ida hangs up on Amanda
(d) Ida renews her subscription

4. What happens to the lit match that Tom drops on the floor?
(a) It falls through the cracks
(b) It catches the rug on fire
(c) It scares the cat
(d) It burns him

5. What does Tom call Amanda's plot to get Laura a gentleman caller?
(a) Embarrassing
(b) Futile
(c) A good idea
(d) An Obsession

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Laura's explanation for the lack of gentlemen callers?

2. How big is the moon that night?

3. What skill does Amanda claim to possess that allowed her to entertain her gentlemen caller?

4. What does Tom say he would rather do than go to night school?

5. What did the typing instructor say when Amanda asked about Laura's progress?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What reasons does Tom give for them not expecting to much of Laura in regards to the gentleman caller?

4. At the end of scene three what does Tom say to Amanda that makes her angry?

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

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

7. What do Tom and Amanda wish for on the moon in scene five?

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

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

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

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