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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What song does Bananas request that Artie play in Act 2, Scene 1, Part 2?
(a) Frosty the Snowman.
(b) White Christmas.
(c) Jingle Bells.
(d) I'll Be Home For Christmas.

3. Who does Billy call at Bananas' request in order to help Ronnie?
(a) His accountant.
(b) The mayor.
(c) The pope.
(d) A military friend.

4. Who does Ronnie intend this item he has just constructed from a box to be for?
(a) Billy.
(b) Bananas.
(c) Bunny.
(d) Artie.

5. What can the audience guess about the items in Ronnie's box that he wires together?
(a) He has sentimental attachment to them.
(b) He has had them since he was a child.
(c) He bought them on the streets.
(d) He stole them from the army.

6. How much money does Bunny confess she has downstairs that she will use to pay their way to California?
(a) $1,800.
(b) $1,300.
(c) $500.
(d) $1,000.

7. What does Bananas attempt to do with Billy in Act II, Scene II?
(a) Dance.
(b) Argue.
(c) Sing.
(d) Flirt.

8. How has Artie ignored Ronnie throughout Ronnie's life?
(a) His job at the zoo.
(b) His obsession with songwriting.
(c) Having to take care of Bananas.
(d) His affair with Bunny.

9. What does Bananas try to fry in the kitchen while the nuns try to talk with Corrinna?
(a) Salad.
(b) Hamburgers.
(c) Socks.
(d) Brillo pads.

10. Who is the hot water in the bathroom intended to burn?
(a) Artie.
(b) Bunny.
(c) Ronnie.
(d) Billy.

11. What does Artie desperately do in order to keep Bunny and Billy from leaving?
(a) Sings his songs.
(b) Talks about Corrinna.
(c) Tells Bunny he loves her.
(d) Offers them money.

12. Why is Artie called in by the zoo?
(a) They want to fire him.
(b) They want to give him a promotion.
(c) The animals have gotten loose.
(d) All the animals are giving birth.

13. What does Artie tell Billy about Corrinna's death?
(a) It was quick and painless.
(b) It was on the news.
(c) It was meant to be.
(d) It was horrific.

14. What does Ronnie's story about Billy's movie reveal about Ronnie?
(a) He wants to be loved.
(b) He wants his family dead.
(c) He wants to be rich.
(d) He wants to be seen.

15. What does Artie do in order to calm down Billy?
(a) He makes Billy tea.
(b) He tells Bananas to dance.
(c) He writes Billy a song.
(d) He sings one of his songs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ronnie run off the stage at the end of Act II, Scene I, Part I?

2. What does Bananas mistake the nuns for?

3. Who does Artie call after realizing that the song he wrote has the same tune as Bananas' favorite Christmas song?

4. What are the nuns doing when Ronnie makes his announcement in Act 2, Scene 1, Part 2?

5. What is the state of Artie's apartment at the beginning of Act II, Scene II?

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