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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ronnie's speech an example of?
(a) Falling action.
(b) Rising action.
(c) Climax.
(d) Resolution.

2. Why is Billy frustrated with Ronnie when he walks through the door, according to Ronnie's story?
(a) He cannot cast someone he knows.
(b) He has already cast the part.
(c) He only wants peace and quiet.
(d) He hates children.

3. When is the title of the play mentioned during Act I, Part II?
(a) When Artie describes the house Bananas can live at.
(b) When Bunny suggests that they stay with Billy in California.
(c) When Artie sees that Bananas has a chance of getting better.
(d) When Bananas says the bars can be taken from the windows.

4. What does Ronnie do after Billy calls him the hurtful name?
(a) Retreats into his room.
(b) Breaks a mirror.
(c) Throws out his costume.
(d) Punches Billy.

5. What does Artie do so that Bananas can see the Pope?
(a) Forces her into the car.
(b) Opens the windows.
(c) Turns on the television.
(d) Gives her a stuffed animal and calls it the Pope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characteristic does Ronnie reveal about himself through his speech in Act I, Scene I, Part I?

2. What does Ronnie say in his speech will happen by the end of the day?

3. Ronnie's appearance at the end of Act I, Part II is an example of what?

4. What is insinuated that Artie will attempt to do as the play unfolds?

5. What does Artie say happened to him after he rescued Bananas from a rooftop in the middle of winter?

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