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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, "Nobody ever gets to know no body! We're all of us sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life!"?
(a) Val.
(b) Lady.
(c) Vee.
(d) Jabe.

2. Where does the Sheriff send Dog and Pee Wee in Act 3?
(a) On the porch.
(b) Upstairs.
(c) Outside.
(d) Into the alcove.

3. What drug does Lady give to Jabe in Act 2?
(a) Morphine.
(b) Benzedrine.
(c) Luminal.
(d) Aspirin.

4. What does the sign say that the Sheriff tells Val about?
(a) "Nigger, don't let the sun go down on you in this county."
(b) "Leave before you die."
(c) "Ku Klux Klan."
(d) "Stop before you die."

5. What was the vision that Vee had?
(a) The eyes of the Savior.
(b) A great fire.
(c) The eyes of the Devil.
(d) The sun exploding.

6. What does Vee say that Lady and Jabe have never darkened?
(a) A wedding altar.
(b) A sunset.
(c) A church door.
(d) A grave.

7. What didn't make sense to Vee before she started painting?
(a) Love.
(b) Existence.
(c) God.
(d) Death.

8. What does Vee say when she enters in Act 2 Scene 2?
(a) She's sick.
(b) She's dying.
(c) She can't see.
(d) She can't hear.

9. Where does Lady tell Beulah her people came here from?
(a) Palermo, Sicily.
(b) Puerto Rico.
(c) Rome.
(d) Vienna.

10. What is Carol doing outside the Red Crown station in Act 2?
(a) Singing.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Blowing her horn.
(d) Taking off her clothes.

11. What does Lady say that the Delta Brilliant always call for?
(a) Hot Toddies.
(b) Mint Juleps.
(c) Seven and Sevens.
(d) Whiskey Sours.

12. Who does Lady say is not welcome in the store?
(a) Beulah.
(b) Carol Catrere.
(c) David Catrere.
(d) Dolly.

13. On what day does Act 3 begin?
(a) Jabe's birthday.
(b) Val's birthday.
(c) Lady's birthday.
(d) The day before Easter.

14. Who enters sobbing in Act 3 Scene 3?
(a) Lady.
(b) Dolly.
(c) Eva Temple.
(d) Vee.

15. What does Vee say she was born with?
(a) A dream.
(b) A miracle.
(c) A caul.
(d) A witch's sense.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the woman who complained about Val described?

2. What has happened to Jabe between Act 3 Scene 2 and Scene 3?

3. What does Carol say that this country used to be?

4. What does Val tell lady he came back to tell her?

5. What is the picture Val says is in the alcove?

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