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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Instead of applying for a job, what does Ethel suggest Norman do?
(a) Go pick more berries.
(b) Go fishing.
(c) Vacuum the house.
(d) Volunteer at the senior center.

2. How could Norman's memory best be described?
(a) He is totally senile and doesn't remember who someone is from one hour to the next.
(b) His memory has never been good, but it is getting better.
(c) He often forgets things he once could easily recall.
(d) He still has a photographic memory.

3. What does the operator ask Norman?
(a) What is his phone number.
(b) What is the hospital's name where is brother is a patient.
(c) Nothing because Norman does not talk with the operator.
(d) What is Chelsea's cell phone number.

4. How many acts does this play have?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

5. Who is on the phone when it rings?
(a) The operator.
(b) Chelsea.
(c) Norman's brother.
(d) No one.

6. Who does Ethel invite in for coffee?
(a) The police chief.
(b) Charlie.
(c) The neighbor.
(d) William.

7. Why didn't Norman pick any more berries?
(a) He thought it was unreasonable for Ethel to ask that of him.
(b) He couldn't find any ripe ones.
(c) He got lost in the woods and was frightened.
(d) He went fishing instead.

8. Why has the person called?
(a) No one is on the phone.
(b) Because Norman called that person.
(c) To say that she would be there by dinner.
(d) To tell Norman that he was in the hospital.

9. Who does Ethel see in the woods?
(a) Chester.
(b) Brent.
(c) Bill.
(d) Charlie.

10. Of what ethnic group does Norman seem prejudiced?
(a) Hispanics.
(b) Jews.
(c) Blacks.
(d) Arabs.

11. What is the name of their daughter who visits them?
(a) Carmen.
(b) Chelsea.
(c) Susan.
(d) Charlotte.

12. What does Ethel find intriguing about Miss Appley and Miss Tate?
(a) That they are identical twins and still are impossible to tell apart.
(b) That they have lived into their 90s.
(c) That they have been together for so many years and must have had a great love affair.
(d) That they had both been asked for marriage by the same man and each in turn had said no.

13. What does Ethel suggest Charlie do?
(a) Go fishing with Norman.
(b) Come by and see Chelsea while she is there.
(c) Fix the boat as soon as possible.
(d) Stay out of the heat.

14. Whose boat pulls up to the dock?
(a) No one's.
(b) The neighbor's.
(c) Charlie's.
(d) The police chief's.

15. What makes Norman believe he might be qualified for the job?
(a) He is a retired lawyer.
(b) His mother was Italian.
(c) He has owned more than 20 cars in his lifetime.
(d) He has had a flower garden every year.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Ethel complain?

2. For what reason is Chelsea going to visit?

3. What happens with Charlie's visitor?

4. What does Charlie offer to do for Ethel and Norman?

5. In what year is the house at Golden Pond built?

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