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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the prisoner's main concern for the Old Woman?
(a) She's been bitten.
(b) She seems to be keeping a secret.
(c) She's very sick.
(d) She's not herself.

2. What is the Young Woman's second complaint?
(a) Her husband refuses to see her.
(b) The other women at the gate are pushy.
(c) There is nowhere to sit.
(d) They've been waiting a long time.

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

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

5. The Young Woman has her arm around ________ as she waits at the wall.
(a) The Old Woman.
(b) No one.
(c) The officers.
(d) Herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is at the Old Woman's feet as she waits at the prison wall?

2. What is the Old Woman doing at the beginning of Act 2?

3. What is the prisoner's relationship with the Old Woman?

4. What language is outlawed?

5. When the Old Woman and Prisoner begin to speak, what happens to the stage lights?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the rules for dogs absurd in Act 1?

2. How does Act 3 reflect Act 2?

3. Where is Sarah Johnson during Act 2?

4. Why does the guard have a hostile attitude toward the Old Woman and the son?

5. Why does the Sergeant show Sarah her husband?

6. Why is the prisoner a "joker?"

7. What do the soldiers represent?

8. What does the Old Woman communicate through her silence in Act 4?

9. Can the Old Woman understand the language of the capital?

10. What is the guard's attitude toward the Old Woman and her son?

(see the answer keys)

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