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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the play set?
(a) A morgue.
(b) A dry-goods store.
(c) A florist's shop.
(d) A cemetery.

2. What does Vee say she's been doing for ten hours straight in Act 1 Scene 1?
(a) Walking.
(b) Writing.
(c) Painting.
(d) Playing music.

3. What is peculiar about the birds that Val tells Lady about?
(a) They don't die.
(b) They don't fly.
(c) They don't have wings.
(d) They don't have legs.

4. What is gilded on the window of the set?
(a) Wilcox Funeral Home.
(b) Murray Ruggles Flowers.
(c) Thunderly Merchant Store.
(d) Torrence Mercantile Store.

5. Where was Lady's father from?
(a) Spain.
(b) Italy.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Ireland.

6. Where does Carol tell Val she knows him from?
(a) Memphis.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) California.
(d) New York.

7. What is Carol Cutrere's brother's name?
(a) Pee Wee.
(b) Jabe.
(c) David.
(d) Dog.

8. Who does Beulah say Lady's heart was broken by?
(a) The Richards boy.
(b) The Donalson boy.
(c) The Smithson's boy.
(d) The Cutrere boy.

9. What does Val say that today is in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) His birthday.
(b) Easter.
(c) New Year's Eve.
(d) His anniversary.

10. What was "the mistake" Lady's father made that caused the vineyard to be burned?
(a) He bought the saw mill.
(b) He gambled.
(c) He sold liquor to blacks.
(d) He burned down the church.

11. What does Val say his body temperature is the same as?
(a) A dog's.
(b) A snake's.
(c) A horse's.
(d) A cat's.

12. How old does Val say he is?
(a) Twenty-nine.
(b) Thirty-two.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twenty-five.

13. What is written on Val's guitar?
(a) Lyrics.
(b) Spells.
(c) Poems.
(d) Autographs.

14. What does Lady get from the cash drawer when she sees Val in the store in Act 1 Scene 2?
(a) Money.
(b) A revolver.
(c) A shotgun.
(d) A knife.

15. What is Lady redecorating the confectionery to look like?
(a) A nightclub.
(b) The orchard.
(c) A New Orleans bar.
(d) The prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carol remove from her trench coat pocket in Act 1 Scene 1?

2. How much time has passed between Act 1, Scene 1 and Act 1, Scene 2?

3. Whose family name is the oldest and most distinguished in the county?

4. What does Val offer to Lady in Act 1 Scene 2?

5. Who does Carol say that Val told her he'd gotten the ring from?

(see the answer keys)

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