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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the story about?
(a) An iceman who delivers ice in a neighborhood.
(b) Their painful, aborted attempts to change themselves.
(c) A cave man coming to life.
(d) A group of friends who go out for a night on the town.

2. With whom is Parritt having a conversation?
(a) Joe.
(b) Willie.
(c) Hickey.
(d) Larry.

3. What does Hickey do with the regulars' various pipe dreams?
(a) He counsels them on them.
(b) He lists them.
(c) He tells them to forget their pipe dreams.
(d) He taunts them about their pipe dreams.

4. What story does Cora tell?
(a) Why she became a prostitute.
(b) When she first moved to town.
(c) How she robbed a drunken customer.
(d) How she first met Chuck.

5. What does Rocky believe he does not have?
(a) Pipe dreams.
(b) A place to spend the night.
(c) Any friends.
(d) Any more alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What triggered a fight with his mother?

2. Why does Joe announce the bar is closed?

3. Why is Parritt worried?

4. Why is Parritt's mother arrested?

5. What is Larry's comment about the others and their dreams?

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