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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Little Nun and Billy discuss that they both lost in the bomb blast?
(a) Their faith.
(b) Drive.
(c) A friend.
(d) Love.

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

3. What is the state of Artie's apartment at the beginning of Act II, Scene II?
(a) Abandoned.
(b) Messy.
(c) Empty.
(d) Blown up.

4. What do the items in the box that Ronnie wires together foreshadow in the play?
(a) His reunion with his parents.
(b) Violence to come.
(c) Bananas' illness.
(d) Artie and Bunny's relationship.

5. Who comes out of the bedroom wearing another one of Georgina's dresses?
(a) Bunny.
(b) Ronnie.
(c) The Little Nun.
(d) Bananas.

6. What does Bunny complain about when she comes up from her apartment?
(a) Water is leaking through her ceiling.
(b) That they have not left for California yet.
(c) Bananas is being troublesome.
(d) She cannot hear the Pope.

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

8. What kind of literature is referenced in Act II, Scene I, Part I?
(a) American.
(b) Renaissance.
(c) Fantasy.
(d) European.

9. After Bunny has Artie sing one of his best songs for Billy, what does Billy ask Bunny?
(a) To go with him to Paris.
(b) To go with him to Fiji.
(c) To go with him to Australia.
(d) To go with him to Prague.

10. What does Ronnie say in his speech will happen by the end of the day?
(a) Everyone will apologize.
(b) Everyone will die.
(c) Everyone will know him.
(d) Everyone will ask him to stay.

11. 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.

12. What does Bunny command Artie to start doing for Corrinna?
(a) Sing.
(b) Play his piano.
(c) Dance.
(d) Recite a monologue.

13. How many parts are there to Ronnie's story?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

14. What does Bananas mistake the nuns for?
(a) Girl scouts.
(b) Penguins.
(c) Cops.
(d) Stuffed animals.

15. Who does Artie call after realizing that the song he wrote has the same tune as Bananas' favorite Christmas song?
(a) Billy.
(b) The hospital.
(c) His parents.
(d) Ronnie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Billy not want to return to California?

2. Who are Ronnie and the Little Nun wrestling at the end of Act II, Scene I, Part II?

3. How has Artie ignored Ronnie throughout Ronnie's life?

4. What does Ronnie throw to Corrinna as she is leaving, saying it is a gift for Billy?

5. What can the audience guess about the items in Ronnie's box that he wires together?

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