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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. How long is J.B.'s grace at the meal in Scene 1?
(a) Very brief.
(b) Long enough.
(c) Of moderate length.
(d) Long-winded.

2. What are Zuss and Nickles holding while they watch Sarah and J.B. realize their son is dead?
(a) Scrolls.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Their masks.
(d) Scepters.

3. What is Sarah arranging on the table when she and J.B. notice two drunk soldiers across the street?
(a) Napkins.
(b) Place settings.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Silverware.

4. After Sarah sings her song, the children ask J.B. to do what?
(a) Sing the same song.
(b) Put the train together.
(c) Play the piano.
(d) Sing a different song.

5. How many children do J.B. and Sarah have?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. J.B. sings a song that says, "To be, become, and end are all _____."

2. Zuss wonders if J.B. knows that he is a(n) ______ in the story.

3. How many meanings does an allegorical story have?

4. Allegory is a form of extended ______.

5. Where does Sarah believe that blessings come from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Sarah and J.B. let the drunken soldiers into their home?

2. What is the story of Job about?

3. How does Sarah suggest that she and J.B. see into the darkness on the other side of the door?

4. Why does Nickles think that God is laughing at Job?

5. How would you, as a reader, sum up the whole of Scene 10?

6. What are Sarah and J.B.'s reactions to the death of David?

7. Why does Zuss think that nothing would influence the way J.B. acts, and that certainly being poor will not influence him?

8. What is similar about the argument at the end of Scene 7 between Zuss and Nickles to other arguments in the play?

9. What does Zuss tell Nickles that there is left to complete in the story, when Nickles says that there couldn't possibly be more?

10. What do Zuss and Nickles become instruments of at the end of Scene 7?

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