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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 does Heidi decide to do with the advice her friends gives her at the high school dance?
(a) Heidi fights with her friend.
(b) Heidi ignores the advice.
(c) Heidi decides to try it out.
(d) Heidi makes a scene.

2. In what year does the prologue take place?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1965.

3. What is Heidi's high school friend doing in Chicago in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Attending a conference.
(b) Completing a medical internship.
(c) Attending graduate school in business.
(d) Shopping.

4. In Act I, Scene 2, what are Heidi's feelings toward women?
(a) She is feeling empowered by women.
(b) She is jealous of women.
(c) She is attracted to women.
(d) She is still at odds with women.

5. What is one thing that Heidi does at the high school dance that might be considered unusual, considering where she was?
(a) She dances by herself.
(b) She tries to start The Wave.
(c) She sings karoake.
(d) She sits down to read.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Becky's story?

2. What does Debbie not allow Peter to do in Act 1, Scene 4?

3. What relationship is Heidi to Peter, according to Scoop?

4. What is Heidi attending when the play resumes in Act I, Scene 2?

5. How does Scoop respond to Heidi's decision at the end of the party?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Becky's story in Act 1, Scene 3?

2. What does Scoop possess that Heidi wishes she had more of? What does she question?

3. What reason does Scoop give for marrying Lisa rather than Heidi?

4. How does Heidi react to Susan's instructions?

5. Why is Heidi resentful of Peter?

6. What is one of Scoop's most unusual personality characteristics?

7. What is the topic of conversation between Heidi and Scoop once Peter and Lisa head off to dance?

8. What is the background of Lisa, Scoop's new wife?

9. What is the purpose of this Prologue to Act 1?

10. What are the societal expectations at the high school dance in the mid-1960's?

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