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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is wrong with Carnelle's dress at the pageant?
(a) The colors are too vivid.
(b) The sleeves are too short.
(c) It is too tight.
(d) It is too loose.

2. Why does Delmount need money?
(a) To support his family.
(b) To buy a new house in town.
(c) To pay off a debt.
(d) To leave town.

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

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

5. What did Popeye give to a young girl that caused her to lose a job?
(a) A pair of pantyhose.
(b) A compact.
(c) A hair brush.
(d) A tube of lipstick.

6. When Elain begins talking to the character she becomes attracted to in Act 2, from whom does she attract attention?
(a) Popeye.
(b) Tessy.
(c) Delmount.
(d) Carnelle.

7. Which characters talk behind the pageant tent when Carnelle is in the pageant?
(a) Popeye and Elain.
(b) Mac Sam and Delmount.
(c) Elain and Franklin.
(d) Delmount and Popeye.

8. Where does Act 2 take place?
(a) In Carnelle's house.
(b) In the pageant dressing room.
(c) In the back of the pageant tent.
(d) In Popeye's house.

9. Which character chastises Delmount in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Tessy.
(b) Elain.
(c) Popeye.
(d) Carnelle.

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

11. What does Mac Sam want in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) To fall in love.
(b) To talk to Carnelle.
(c) To leave town.
(d) To find a new job.

12. Which of the following items is a symbol in Act 2?
(a) Bullfrog.
(b) Pageant stage.
(c) Shoebox.
(d) Table.

13. Who tells Delmount that Popeye loves him?
(a) Popeye.
(b) Tessy.
(c) Elain.
(d) Carnelle.

14. How does the audience react to Carnelle falling onstage?
(a) They laugh quietly.
(b) They are sympathetic.
(c) They begin leaving the tent.
(d) They call her names.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carnelle do in the parade after the pageant?

2. What does Carnelle trip on when she is onstage?

3. What does Delmount want in Act 2, Scene 1?

4. Who once dated Mac Sam?

5. Which character arrives to the pageant in a good mood?

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