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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The first time the guard jabs the Old Woman in Act 2, it's because she said, "I have _______."
(a) A son.
(b) A question.
(c) A stomachache.
(d) Bread.

3. When the Old Woman and Prisoner begin to speak, what happens to the stage lights?
(a) They get brighter.
(b) They dim.
(c) Nothing.
(d) They go off.

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

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

6. What does the Old Woman cradle in her hand as she waits at the prison wall?
(a) A bag.
(b) Her own hand.
(c) A baby.
(d) An animal.

7. How many characters are present on stage at the beginning of Act 1?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

8. What is at the Old Woman's feet as she waits at the prison wall?
(a) A basket.
(b) A baby.
(c) A sleeping bag.
(d) A dog.

9. What is the primary emotion in the old Woman and the Prisoner's conversation?
(a) Fear.
(b) Love.
(c) Hate.
(d) Indifference.

10. What is at the Old Woman's feet as she waits at the prison wall?
(a) A dog.
(b) A baby.
(c) A basket.
(d) A sleeping bag.

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

12. The Visitors Room is also called the _______ Room.
(a) Back.
(b) Friendly.
(c) Death.
(d) Blue.

13. How does the Young Woman respond when asked her name?
(a) She makes taunting noises.
(b) She gives her name.
(c) She gives a false name.
(d) She says she's already given it.

14. What time did the women arrive at the prison?
(a) 9 AM.
(b) 7 AM.
(c) 5 PM.
(d) Noon.

15. What characterizes the Prisoner's family?
(a) Rambunctious.
(b) Caring.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Obsessive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can't the Old Woman do?

2. Which guard dog bit the Old Woman?

3. Why does the guard call the Sergeant?

4. Why is the Young Woman's husband "in the wrong batch?"

5. What is the Young Woman's first complaint?

(see the answer keys)

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