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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Carol tell the pharmacist to bring over?
(a) Derminal tablets.
(b) Morphine.
(c) Castor Oil.
(d) Luminal tablets.

2. What did Carol wear to protest the death penalty of Willie McGee?
(a) A barrel.
(b) A potato sack.
(c) A prison uniform.
(d) Nothing.

3. Who does Lady call in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) The drugstore.
(b) The Sheriff.
(c) Carol.
(d) The hospital.

4. What's the one word Carol says the ghosts at Cypress Hill say?
(a) "Live."
(b) "Help."
(c) "Go."
(d) "Death."

5. What is on the drapery over the entrance to the alcove?
(a) Wolves.
(b) Birds.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Snakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Carol say you go after jooking on a night that's not clear?

2. What is the name of the county in which the play is set?

3. Who does Val say killed Jessie Smith?

4. Who does Dolly speak to in the Prologue?

5. What does Carol tell Val she's not allowed to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where has Carol met Val before? Describe that encounter.

2. Describe the birds that Val tells Lady about. What is remarkable about them?

3. What does Carol describe "jooking" as?

4. Why have the women come to the store in the beginning of the play?

5. What does Vee say has blinded her in Act 3? How long has she been expecting this?

6. Describe the character of Uncle Pleasant. What does he look like? What does he say when he enters in Act 1?

7. What does Lady compare her body to in Act 3 Scene 3 when talking to Val?

8. Why does Lady call the pharmacist in Act 1 Scene 2?

9. Why does Lady enter panicked at the beginning of Act 3?

10. Why does Lady feel disappointed in Val in Act 2 Scene 3? Why does he feel disappointed in her?

(see the answer keys)

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