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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 are the two reasons Amanda suggests would stop gentlemen callers from coming to see Laura that night?
(a) Ball Game or Gentlemen's Party
(b) Tornado or Flood
(c) Family Visiting or Illness
(d) Accident or Fire

2. What was it that Laura asked Tom to do before she left for the store?
(a) Clean the house
(b) Make her a pie
(c) Appologize to his mother
(d) Fix the heater

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

4. How many gentlemen callers does Laura predict there will be?
(a) Only one
(b) Several
(c) None
(d) To many to count

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tom state that he likes going to the movies?

2. What is the first item that Tom drops when he gets to his door?

3. Why did Amanda take Tom's novel back to the library?

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

2. Why do you think Tom apologizes to Amanda?

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

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

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

6. When and where does the story take place?

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

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

9. What are some of the things Tom lists that he hates about the warehouse?

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

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