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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Old Woman and the prisoner communicate?
(a) Morse code.
(b) By voice-over.
(c) Through their minds.
(d) In sign language.

2. What does the guard instruct the Prisoner to tell the Old Woman to do?
(a) To stop flirting with the guards.
(b) To give him food.
(c) To leave.
(d) To speak the official language.

3. What isn't the guard's fault, according to the guard?
(a) That it's cold.
(b) That the Old Woman can't understand.
(c) That he's mean.
(d) That the prisoner is treated badly.

4. What is the prisoner's relationship with the Old Woman?
(a) She's his lawyer.
(b) He's her husband.
(c) They're old friends.
(d) He's her son.

5. Who does the Young Woman complain to?
(a) No one.
(b) Herself.
(c) The officers.
(d) The Old Woman.

6. What does the Sergeant call the women's husbands?
(a) Playboys.
(b) Useless criminals.
(c) Acquaintances.
(d) Enemies of the state.

7. Why does the guard call the Sergeant?
(a) To tell him a joke.
(b) To tell him to stay away.
(c) Because the prisoner is being smart.
(d) To tell him a rumor.

8. What can't the Old Woman do?
(a) Write.
(b) Sing.
(c) Follow orders.
(d) Speak the official language.

9. The Sergeant enters the Visitors Room at the end of Act 2, asking "What _____?"
(a) Woman?
(b) Joker?
(c) Is it now?
(d) Is your problem?

10. How many kids does the guard have?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 2

11. Who does the Old Woman say is waiting for the prisoner?
(a) An old friend.
(b) The police.
(c) His baby.
(d) A tax collector.

12. Why is the Young Woman visiting her husband?
(a) She was summoned.
(b) He's very ill.
(c) She's bored.
(d) She wants a divorce.

13. Why is the Officer so irritated at the beginning of Act 1?
(a) He didn't eat breakfast.
(b) The Sergeant's being mean to him.
(c) It's cold.
(d) The women won't answer his question.

14. Why does the guard harbor an attitude against the Old Woman and the Prisoner?
(a) Because they're from the mountains.
(b) Because they're mean.
(c) Because they've traveled.
(d) Because they have magic powers.

15. The "official" language is spoken where?
(a) German.
(b) The capital.
(c) Mountain.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the Prisoner called a joker?

2. What is the primary emotion in the old Woman and the Prisoner's conversation?

3. Why does the guard jab the Old Woman?

4. As the Sergeant hassles the Young Woman in Act 1, the Officer reminds him that these women are not _________.

5. What characterizes the Prisoner's family?

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