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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sentence best describes Elain?
(a) She would rather have love than money.
(b) She loves her sons more than anything.
(c) She loves Franklin with all her heart.
(d) She wants adventure.

2. What is inside the shoebox that Carnelle receives?
(a) A Mardi Gras mask.
(b) A frog in a dress.
(c) A new dress.
(d) A knife.

3. Which character brings a shoebox to Carnelle?
(a) Mac Sam.
(b) Popeye.
(c) Tessy.
(d) Elain.

4. What is Elain wearing at the pageant?
(a) A summer dress.
(b) A Mardi Gras mask.
(c) A parka.
(d) A red antebellum dress.

5. What does Carnelle trip on when she is onstage?
(a) Her own feet.
(b) Her dress.
(c) A power cord.
(d) A pencil.

6. Who is the shoebox from that Carnelle receives?
(a) Mac Sam.
(b) Delmount.
(c) Popeye.
(d) Tessy.

7. What does Elain decide to do in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Return to her husband.
(b) Force her husband to move.
(c) Bring her sons to the carnival.
(d) Leave her husband to go back to school.

8. Which character begins beating up the people insulting Carnelle?
(a) Elain.
(b) Popeye.
(c) Mac Sam.
(d) Delmount.

9. What does Carnelle want in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) To win the pageant.
(b) To hide from Tessy.
(c) To find her mask.
(d) To avoid her family.

10. Which character retrieves Delmount from the pageant tent?
(a) Mac Sam.
(b) Tessy.
(c) Popeye.
(d) Elain.

11. Who tells Delmount that women need to feel beautiful?
(a) Popeye.
(b) Mac Sam.
(c) Elain.
(d) Tessy.

12. Who does not understand why Carnelle is putting herself through the humiliation?
(a) Popeye.
(b) Delmount.
(c) Elain.
(d) Mac Sam.

13. What does Elain want in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) To have children.
(b) A man who is adventurous.
(c) To go back to school.
(d) To feel beautiful.

14. Which character decides in Act 2 not to watch the rest of the pageant?
(a) Popeye.
(b) Mac Sam.
(c) Elain.
(d) Delmount.

15. On what day does Act 2 occur?
(a) July fourth.
(b) July third.
(c) July fifth.
(d) July second.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tessy think that she loves?

2. When Elain begins talking to the character she becomes attracted to in Act 2, from whom does she attract attention?

3. Which character does Elain become attracted to in Act 2?

4. Who leaves the tent to tell the remaining character that Carnelle received last place?

5. Who is Tessy looking for in Act 2, Scene 1?

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