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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. How many women appear onstage in the play?
(a) One
(b) Three
(c) None
(d) Two
2. After lunch, Max abruptly turns his attention from reminiscing to Sam. Who does he compare Sam to?
(a) Teddy
(b) MacGregor
(c) Himself (Max)
(d) A famous boxer
3. In his long speech, what does Tedd say he won't do?
(a) Stoop to his family's level
(b) Come back again to see the family
(c) Give his family anything
(d) Become lost in his family's lives
4. Who does Sam say was a hard worker and a fast learner?
(a) MacGregor
(b) Joey
(c) Himself (Max)
(d) Jessie
5. What is Sam doing in the kitchen during Max's and Joey's discussion about going out together?
(a) Sam is washing the dishes.
(b) Sam is talking to Lenny.
(c) Sam is chopping carrots.
(d) Sam is repairing the radio.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Teddy and Ruth come downstairs and Max sees them for the first time, what does he want to know?
2. What is Ruth's response when Teddy asks her to go home?
3. When Lenny re-enters the room after Teddy and Ruth have had their private discussion, what kind of small talk does Ruth engage in with Lenny?
4. The first time Max meets Ruth, what doe Teddy tell Max about her?
5. In reminiscing after lunch, what does Max refer to Jessie as?
Short Essay Questions
1. Act One, scene 3 begins the morning after Teddy and Ruth have arrived; what characters have not yet met Ruth?
2. What does Max tell Teddy about Teddy and Ruth's wedding?
3. Why does Max hit Joey?
4. What is Ruth's response to Teddy's urging her to pack up and go home with him?
5. As Act Two opens, what positive and negative comments does Max make about his late wife?
6. What argument do Max and Joey have at the beginning of the Act 1, Scene 3?
7. What did Ruth say she did for a living before she was married?
8. By the end of the first act, which characters has Max abused both verbally and physically?
9. What kinds of demands does Ruth make on the brothers?
10. What does Teddy tell Max about his family life with Ruth?
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