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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ronnie goes on to tell a story about Billy coming to visit his family while he is casting for what movie?
(a) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
(b) Newsies.
(c) Huckleberry Finn.
(d) Oliver Twist.

2. What does Billy call Ronnie after Ronnie's display in the apartment, according to Ronnie's story?
(a) Talentless hack.
(b) Mentally retarded.
(c) Absolutely wretched.
(d) Feeble minded.

3. What does Bunny tell the audience she promises to do for Bananas?
(a) Watch over her.
(b) Send her moeny.
(c) Put her in a good home.
(d) Send her all of her clothes.

4. What does Ronnie do the moment that Billy walks through the door, according to his story?
(a) Asks Billy to take him back to California.
(b) Sings, dances and acts.
(c) Gives Billy money from his paper route.
(d) Begs Billy to cast him.

5. Who does Artie comment about to the audience, saying they look very nice?
(a) Bananas.
(b) Bunny and Bananas.
(c) Bunny.
(d) Bunny and Artie.

6. What does Artie do to Bananas at the end of the play when a blue spotlight shines on them?
(a) Kisses her.
(b) Leaves her.
(c) Writes her a song.
(d) Strangles her.

7. Why does Ronnie run off the stage at the end of Act II, Scene I, Part I?
(a) He hears the Pope approaching.
(b) He hears a key in the door.
(c) He hears Artie's car.
(d) He hears Bunny's chattering.

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

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

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

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

12. What does Corrinna confess to the audience after Artie runs out of the apartment to get Bananas and Bunny?
(a) She is deaf.
(b) She is not an actress.
(c) She does not know Billy.
(d) She has agoraphobia.

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

14. What characteristic does Ronnie reveal about himself through his speech in Act I, Scene I, Part I?
(a) Strength.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Honor.
(d) Vulnerability.

15. What does Corrinna drop when she sees the three nuns at the window?
(a) Her hearing aid.
(b) A book.
(c) Artie's music.
(d) Her purse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Artie find in Bananas' hand when he comes out of the bathroom in Act II, Scene II?

2. How much money does Bunny confess she has downstairs that she will use to pay their way to California?

3. What does Ronnie take out of the box he is holding?

4. What does Bananas emerge from the bedroom with at the end of Act II, Scene I, Part II?

5. When Ronnie runs back into his bedroom, what does he bring back out with him?

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