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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. Late at night in a hotel room in Wisconsin, what does Jack try to get Ellie to do?
(a) Go get him food.
(b) Leave him.
(c) Marry him.
(d) Go for a late night swim with him.

2. Why does Ellie ask Jack if he feels all right?
(a) He looks a little strange.
(b) He looks upset.
(c) He looks worried.
(d) He looks sad.

3. What is revealed about Jack and Ellie, regarding how they met?
(a) They were on the same boat coming back from Australia.
(b) They met on a boat going to Australia.
(c) They were in the same hotel in Sydney.
(d) They met in a bar in Chicago.

4. What does Coates prompt Bratby to reveal?
(a) The match promised Jack has been canceled.
(b) The match promised Jack is still on.
(c) The match promised Jack has been delayed.
(d) The match promised Jack never existed.

5. Why does Jack call Ellie honey?
(a) He thinks it is a cute nickname.
(b) Honey just seems to fit.
(c) He keeps forgetting her name.
(d) He does not like her real name.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the white people in the audience respond?

2. She recalls how hard it was to teach him the right way to behave, how he was always determined to do things his own way, and how she tried to punish him physically. What does she say she should have done to keep Jack out of a situation such as this?

3. What does Cameron promise?

4. What does Mrs. Jefferson promise Jack?

5. At her home in Chicago, what is Mrs. Jefferson doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What suggestion does Cap'n Dan give to convince Jack to take part in the fixed fight? How do the other men respond to this?

2. How does Jack feel before the fight with the Polish boxer?

3. How does Mrs. Bachman end her monologue?

4. How do the men feel about the fighter? What is Dixon's plan?

5. What does Mrs. Jefferson reminisce about Jack?

6. How does Jack respond to Smitty?

7. What does Jack ask of Ellie at the beginning of the scene? What is her response?

8. How does the play begin?

9. How does the scene open?

10. What does Goldie think about Jack dating Ellie?

(see the answer keys)

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