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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After meeting Henry, what is the main point Eric's friends try to make about his relationship with Henry?
(a) Eric and Henry are opposites, and Eric will end up being hurt by this relationship.
(b) Eric and Henry are using one another to get over past hurts, and they are not really in love.
(c) Even though they have reservations about the relationship, Eric's friends trust his judgment and will support his decisions.
(d) Even though Eric and Henry are a strange match, they are both human beings who deserve to find happiness.

2. What does Toby introduce Leo to during their summer trip?
(a) Bathhouses.
(b) Hard drugs.
(c) Politics.
(d) History.

3. Why does Eric search through Henry's things when Henry is away on business?
(a) He suspects Henry is still seeing Leo.
(b) He is looking for reassurance that Henry loves him.
(c) He is trying to learn more about Walter.
(d) He has unanswered questions about the farmhouse.

4. What does Eric realize when Leo tells him about Toby choosing books for him?
(a) Toby was recreating the literary education that Eric tried to give Toby.
(b) Toby finally read the books that he previously just pretended to have read.
(c) Toby was trying to make Leo over into his image of Adam.
(d) Toby was trying to control Leo the way he controlled Eric.

5. What is Eric looking at when he realizes what he wants to do with the farmhouse?
(a) The New York City AIDS Memorial.
(b) The Stonewall Inn.
(c) Julius's Bar.
(d) The Mattachine Society Office.

6. What ideology does Henry tell Jason 2 his ideas about taxation fall into?
(a) Communism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Libertarianism.
(d) Capitalism.

7. Where does Leo assume he acquired the HIV virus?
(a) From Henry.
(b) From one of the men at the parties on Fire Island.
(c) From one of the men has has slept with in exchange for drugs or shelter.
(d) From Toby.

8. What request does Leo make when he sees Eric's possessions arranged in the farmhouse?
(a) He asks to borrow a book.
(b) He asks for a notebook.
(c) He asks to see Eric's photos of Toby.
(d) He asks to listen to Ravel.

9. What is implied by Toby's page 284 line "Holy shit, it's all our things. Your things"?
(a) At some level, Toby still sees himself and Eric as a couple.
(b) Just as Eric feared, Toby was always more interested in Eric's money than in Eric.
(c) Toby hopes that Eric's marriage is failing and that he and Eric can get back together.
(d) Toby wants to make it clear to Eric that he has moved on from their relationship.

10. What is embedded in the cherry tree?
(a) A knife from colonial times.
(b) Pig's teeth.
(c) Small pieces of amber.
(d) A horseshoe.

11. What does Henry suggest that Eric should do with his grandmother's furniture?
(a) Move it to the beach house.
(b) Store it at the farmhouse.
(c) Sell it or give it away.
(d) Move it to the townhouse.

12. What is Eric's reaction to Toby's email about his new play?
(a) He promises to read the play soon and wishes Toby well.
(b) He expresses concern and asks Toby to meet him at the farmhouse.
(c) He reminds Toby of the things Toby said at the wedding and asks Toby to stop contacting him.
(d) He tells Toby about Leo's condition and asks whether Toby feels responsible.

13. Where is the hotel room where Toby writes his second play?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) New York.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Alabama.

14. Why does the caretaker take Eric and Leo to the cemetery on the farmhouse grounds?
(a) To share stories about the men who died in the farmhouse.
(b) To get Eric's help in tending the graves and show Leo how to do it when he is feeling better.
(c) To share stories of the house's former owners and the property's long history.
(d) To prove that she is not exaggerating about the number of men who died in the farmhouse.

15. During his Act Two, Scene Two conversation with Eric, what does Henry admit he feels guilty about?
(a) His decision to keep the farmhouse from Eric.
(b) Not using his money to support the gay community.
(c) Not loving Walter as he deserved to be loved.
(d) His reaction to Peter West and the other men dying at the farmhouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first person to die in the farmhouse?

2. Where is Cherry Grove?

3. What does Toby discover that Leo has been writing?

4. Why does Eric leave Leo outside the farmhouse when they first arrive?

5. What is implied by Leo's reaction to Toby's question about where he lives?

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