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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eric tell Toby about his new play?
(a) It is a mess but also very brave.
(b) It is very brave but too depressing.
(c) It is brilliant but also a mess.
(d) It is too depressing but also brilliant.

2. What is implied about the reason Leo is in such a hurry when he crashes into Toby outside the Strand?
(a) He is anxious to get to the subway before it gets dark.
(b) He is manufacturing a way to talk to Toby again.
(c) He is late to meet a demanding regular client.
(d) He has just stolen a number of books.

3. How does Toby describe to Adam what love feels like?
(a) He says love is exciting and powerful.
(b) He says love is comforting and reassuring.
(c) He says love is boring and predictable.
(d) He says love is overwhelming and terrible.

4. What does Toby's behavior when he and Leo visit the Strand together demonstrate about him?
(a) He is trying to turn Leo into a version of Adam.
(b) He desperately wants to be a more cultured and educated person.
(c) He has a lot of unresolved anger toward his parents.
(d) He has still not learned how to present himself authentically.

5. What does Toby discover that Leo has been writing?
(a) A play.
(b) A novel.
(c) A memoir.
(d) Poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Cherry Grove?

2. During the scene at the Free Clinic, what is revealed about how Leo has changed because of his relationship with Toby?

3. What fact does Jasper surprise Henry with during their discussion of the AIDS epidemic?

4. What is embedded in the cherry tree?

5. What is implied by the list of people and homes that opens Act Two, Scene Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the move to a new state and new school impact Toby's self-image, and why?

2. What admission about Leo does Henry make, and why does Eric find it so upsetting?

3. When Toby and Leo are reunited, how does Toby initially react to Leo's desperate situation, and what changes Toby's attitude?

4. What leads Toby to write his second play?

5. When Leo wakes up next to the stranger in Act Two, Scene Four, what does he choose to steal from the man, and why?

6. What happens as soon as Toby gets back to his apartment after he visits his agent?

7. What is the subtext of Adam and Toby's argument about the new line Toby has added to the play?

8. In what sense does Toby re-enact his relationship with Eric through his relationship with Leo?

9. What news does Eric give Henry at Toby's funeral, and how does Henry react?

10. What is the "faux-art" that Tucker makes?

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