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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ethel's response to Charlie's offer?
(a) That Charlie will have to buy a patch kit at the boat shop.
(b) That the pump works well enough for their needs.
(c) That she wants to change the kitchen faucet, too.
(d) That Norman will take care of it.

2. What does Ethel have in her arms?
(a) An orphaned bird.
(b) A picnic basket.
(c) The clothes off the line.
(d) A bundle of firewood.

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

4. Why does Ethel hand Norman a bucket?
(a) To draw some water from the well.
(b) To water the indoor plants.
(c) To fix the handle.
(d) To go pick more berries.

5. 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) She falls in love with the police chief.
(d) He gets pulled over by the police twice.

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

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

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

9. How old was Miss Appley on her last birthday?
(a) 87.
(b) 97.
(c) 100.
(d) 89.

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

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

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

13. What is another thing Charlie brought with him?
(a) A letter from Chelsea.
(b) Two freshly-caught bass.
(c) An armful of firewood.
(d) An invitation from his mother.

14. In what year is the house at Golden Pond built?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1928.

15. About what does Ethel complain?
(a) That Chelsea hasn't called.
(b) That Norman never goes outside.
(c) That Norman cheats at cards.
(d) That the postman dropped the letters in a puddle and got them wet.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story that Ethel tells about when the character in question #26 was young, what was he carrying?

2. Where is Chelsea living now?

3. Where is Chelsea going after stopping to see her parents?

4. What does Ethel plan to do with the berries she's picked?

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

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