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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the family communicate with Horace regarding the business matter?
(a) By going to visit.
(b) By phoning.
(c) By writing.
(d) By Alexandra.

2. As the family discusses their dreams, who is being conspicuously quiet?
(a) Alexandra.
(b) Ben.
(c) Leo.
(d) Regina.

3. What unlikely marriage would make the family very happy?
(a) Addie and Cal.
(b) Alexandra and Leo.
(c) Birdie and Horace.
(d) Regina and Mr. Marshall.

4. Who particularly likes the idea of the unlikely marriage?
(a) Birdie.
(b) Ben.
(c) Oscar.
(d) Regina.

5. In Act 1, who is anxious to move?
(a) Regina.
(b) Birdie.
(c) Leo.
(d) Zan.

6. What is Horace's initial response to his family's communications?
(a) He refuses to talk with them.
(b) He says "absolutely not."
(c) He does not respond.
(d) He tells Alexandra to tell them no.

7. Which character officially fits the title used by Mr. Marshall to describe the family?
(a) Birdie.
(b) Leo.
(c) Regina.
(d) Horace.

8. Who says a man isn't in business only for what he can get out of it --it has to mean something to his heart, too?
(a) Mr. Marshall.
(b) Leo.
(c) Ben.
(d) Birdie.

9. Where is Horace during the dinner with the special guest?
(a) In the hospital for a heart condition.
(b) In his room being stubborn.
(c) Stuck on a train, trying to get home in time for dinner.
(d) Working late.

10. What does Mr. Marshall say about life in the geographic region he is visiting?
(a) Northern wives, with the way they kiss, keep their husbands warm at night.
(b) Southerners live better than the rest of the country.
(c) He can't think of anything healthier than salty air.
(d) The dry air of the west is nothing like their hospitality.

11. What is Alexandra told is the best cure for her father?
(a) Pecans.
(b) To come home and be taken care of.
(c) To let her father rest.
(d) The local doctor's new concoction.

12. Who gets slapped in Act 1?
(a) Addie.
(b) Regina.
(c) Birdie.
(d) Alexandria

13. What does Birdie say she wants to do with her money?
(a) Buy a pecan farm.
(b) Travel and hunt.
(c) Ride horses in Savannah.
(d) Restore an old plantation.

14. In which geographic region does the Giddens family live?
(a) The Atlantic Coast.
(b) The South.
(c) The North.
(d) The West.

15. Which of her husband's hobbies does Birdie complain is useless?
(a) Playing poker.
(b) Shooting.
(c) Riding horses.
(d) Painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alexandra say in Act 1 that irritates her mother?

2. What was the special occasion in Act 1?

3. What does Oscar say he wants to do with his money?

4. What does Ben say he wants to do with his money?

5. What reason is given to Alexandra for going to get her father?

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