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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What else about the prospective facility does the family promise Mr. Marshall regarding employees?
(a) No benefits.
(b) A skilled labor force.
(c) Much of the work will be computerized.
(d) No strikes.

2. Why do Horace and Alexandra choose to stay overnight in another town, delaying their arrival back home?
(a) Horace likes blues music.
(b) Horace was not feeling well.
(c) Horace wanted to see the sights.
(d) It's been while since Horace and Alexandra had any time to themselves.

3. What is the condition of Horace's health?
(a) He has cancer.
(b) He has diabetes.
(c) He has a bad heart.
(d) He has respiratory problems.

4. Who works as a teller at the local bank?
(a) Ben.
(b) Leo.
(c) Birdie.
(d) Oscar.

5. What is Regina's maiden name?
(a) Marshall.
(b) Glidden.
(c) Hubbard.
(d) Gidden.

6. How much time passes between the end of Act 1 and the beginning of Act 2?
(a) One month.
(b) One night.
(c) One week.
(d) One day.

7. What is the family waiting for at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Mr. Marshall to arrive.
(b) A check to clear.
(c) Money to arrive by Wells Fargo.
(d) Horace to arrive.

8. What company bonds are in the safe deposit box?
(a) General Electric.
(b) Union Pacific.
(c) Greyhound.
(d) Bell Telephone.

9. In what way does the one who tries to stop the argument in Act 2 suggest that Horace should be approached?
(a) With "softness and a smile."
(b) With a gun to end his life.
(c) With "love and understanding."
(d) With a quick blow to the head.

10. Who tells Regina in Act 2 that the funding problem is settled?
(a) Zan.
(b) Oscar.
(c) Leo.
(d) Ben.

11. How does Regina greet her husband in Act 2?
(a) With a handshake.
(b) With a hug.
(c) With no emotion at all.
(d) With a warm kiss.

12. Why is the family arguing at the end of Act 2?`
(a) They don't trust each other with all that money.
(b) They all want to be the ones who travel to close the deal.
(c) Regina knows the truth and lets her brothers know this.
(d) The brothers have cut Regina out of the business deal.

13. What is the brilliant idea that is derived after learning the contents of the safe deposit box?
(a) To borrow the bonds, then pay them back.
(b) To stage a fire at the bank and say the bonds were consumed.
(c) To steal the bonds outright.
(d) To take half the bonds and fill the rest of the envelopes with blank papers.

14. Who mutters "over my dead body" in Act 2?
(a) Addie.
(b) Zan.
(c) Horace.
(d) Regina.

15. In Act 2, when do Regina's true feelings come out?
(a) When she realizes she's not going to travel.
(b) When she sees that Horace is tired and ailing.
(c) When Zan begs her not to fight any more.
(d) When Horace tells her no and when her brothers cut her from the deal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who refuses to shake Leo's hand as they part in Act 2?

2. Which marriage is discussed before Horace meets the entire family?

3. Why does Horace return from his rest to the family visit in Act 2?

4. Who does Horace suspect will be in charge of the local employees of the potential business?

5. What other family plan will Horace not endorse?

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