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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 song in Act 2, Scene 1 is sung by Diana and Natalie?
(a) "Wish I Were Here".
(b) "Seconds and Years".
(c) "Everything Else".
(d) "Superboy and the Invisible Girl".

2. What song is sung by Diana and Dr. Madden in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) "Song of Forgetting".
(b) "Everything Else".
(c) "Perfect for You".
(d) "I Don't Know".

3. What reprise is sung by Natalie and Henry in Act 2, Scene 12?
(a) "I'm Alive".
(b) "Hey #3/Perfect for You".
(c) "Song of Forgetting".
(d) "There's a World".

4. What does Dan take from Diana and break in Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) A vase.
(b) A watch.
(c) The music box.
(d) A toy.

5. In Act 2, Scene 11, Natalie sings that normal is too far away, but that she'd settle for something what?
(a) "You Don't Know".
(b) "I Am the One".
(c) "Next to Normal".
(d) "I Miss the Mountains".

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dr. Madden reference, stopping the conversation cold between him and Diana in Act 2, Scene 7?

2. The song sung by Natalie and Henry in Act 2, Scene 6 is a reprise of what song?

3. What does Diana not remember having had in Act 2, Scene 7?

4. Who does Diana run out to search for in Act 2, Scene 9?

5. What does Diana reveal Gabe died from in Act 2, Scene 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Diana reveal to Natalie in their brief scene in Act 2, Scene 11?

2. How do the scenes flow between Act 2 Scenes 7 and 8? What does this represent symbolically?

3. What song does Gabe sing in Act 2, Scene 5? What metaphor is used in the song?

4. What ironic comment does Natalie make about her mother's treatment in Act 2, Scene 2?

5. Where are Henry and Natalie in Act 2, Scene 1? Why is Natalie distraught?

6. What question does Diana pose to Dr. Madden in Act 2, Scene 10? What is Madden's reply?

7. What object does Gabe give Diana in Act 2, Scene 8? What song is sung?

8. What do Henry and Natalie witness between Diana and Dan in Act 2, Scene 8?

9. What reaction does Diana have to returning home in Act 2, Scene 2? What song is sung?

10. What does Dan attempt to show Diana in Act 2, Scene 4? What makes Natalie almost leave?

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