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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens with Charlie's visitor?
(a) They criticize Charlie for his messy house and clean it.
(b) He asks if Chelsea might be visiting her parents and leaves when he finds out she isn't.
(c) He gets pulled over by the police twice.
(d) She falls in love with the police chief.

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

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

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

5. How old will Elmer be on his next birthday?
(a) 65.
(b) 40.
(c) 80.
(d) 50.

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

7. What happened to Miss Appley last week?
(a) She drove to New Hampshire.
(b) She died.
(c) She gave a speech at the Daughters of the Revolution luncheon.
(d) She feel off a ladder.

8. What is one thing Charlie brought with him?
(a) Pills for Norman's heart.
(b) His collie.
(c) A letter from the neighborhood association.
(d) A pound cake for Norman.

9. What does the couple watch as the scene closes?
(a) A pair of loons out on the lake.
(b) A pair of trumpeter swans on the lake.
(c) A mama bear and her cub lumbering along the shoreline.
(d) Two squirrels gathering nuts.

10. Why does Norman pick up the telephone?
(a) To call Chelsea.
(b) To call and order pizza delivery.
(c) To call his office and check in.
(d) To see if there is a dial tone.

11. What happened to the screen door?
(a) The screen is torn.
(b) Nothing; it is fine.
(c) The spring on it popped off.
(d) It fell off its hinges.

12. In answer to Norman's question as to why Charlie never married Chelsea, what does Charlie reply?
(a) Norman wouldn't let Charlie marry Chelsea.
(b) Chelsea hated Charlie.
(c) Chelsea was pregnant by another guy.
(d) Charlie was never that interested in Chelsea.

13. Who is knocking on the door?
(a) Chelsea.
(b) Billy Ray.
(c) No one.
(d) Norman's wife.

14. What is the best description of the living room?
(a) Disorganized.
(b) Filled to overflowing with junk.
(c) Tidy and organized.
(d) Austere.

15. After Ethel comes into the house, what do she and Norman do?
(a) Make up the beds with linens.
(b) Make a cup of tea.
(c) Turn on the t.v.
(d) Remove the cloths from the furniture.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many summers have Norman and Ethel Thayer been coming to this setting?

2. What did Norman think about Chelsea's swimming abilities.?

3. Why does Ethel hand Norman a bucket?

4. What is Norman using to aid his activity in the opening of the scene?

5. Who is Elmer?

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