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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the audience learn about Bananas' name in Act II, Scene II?
(a) Corrinna was preparing for a role as Bananas.
(b) Billy named one of his characters after her.
(c) Billy gave her the nickname.
(d) Artie gave it to her at the zoo.

2. What does Bananas claim she is still angry at Artie for?
(a) Asking her to cook him breakfast.
(b) Taking Bananas to see the Pope.
(c) Not getting his music blessed.
(d) Not letting her call Billy.

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

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

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

6. How does Bunny yearn to be noticed?
(a) Her desire to be blessed by the Pope.
(b) Her desire to become famous.
(c) Her desire to have a rich husband.
(d) Her desire to steal someone else's husband.

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

8. What is Artie looking for when he runs back into the apartment at the beginning of Act II, Scene I, Part II?
(a) His rosary.
(b) A particular song.
(c) His car keys.
(d) Ronnie.

9. Where is Ronnie at the beginning of Act II, Scene I, Part I?
(a) Center Stage.
(b) The closet.
(c) His bedroom.
(d) The kitchen.

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

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

12. Who does Corrinna say sent her when she shows up at Artie's apartment?
(a) Ronnie.
(b) Bunny.
(c) Billy.
(d) Bananas.

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What song do the nuns sing for Corrinna as a prayer?

2. What kind of literature is referenced in Act II, Scene I, Part I?

3. What does Bunny complain about when she comes up from her apartment?

4. Where does Ronnie wire the items he takes out of the box to?

5. Why is Billy in Artie's apartment, sobbing, at the beginning of Act II, Scene II?

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