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

2. What is Beulah's last name?
(a) Talbott.
(b) Binnings.
(c) Hamma.
(d) Wilson.

3. Who does Carol say that Val told her he'd gotten the ring from?
(a) A lady bookie.
(b) His wife.
(c) A lady osteopath.
(d) A lady mobster.

4. What does Dolly say about Jabe's appearance after he goes upstairs?
(a) He's got blue circles around his eyes.
(b) He's pale as a ghost.
(c) He's green with gout.
(d) He's yellow as butter.

5. What is Val fixing with a pocket knife when Carol approaches him in Act 1 Scene 1?
(a) His glasses.
(b) His belt buckle.
(c) His watch.
(d) His motorcycle.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 1, Scene 1, Part 2, what does Carol plan to do that night?

2. What is Lady reopening?

3. What is the name of the local highway?

4. Who is returning from the hospital in the Prologue?

5. What did couples do at the wine garden "back in the day"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the end of Act 2 Scene 3 with Val and the cash box? How does Lady react?

2. What conversation does Lady have with the Nurse about Jabe's illness in Act 3 Scene 3?

3. What sounds indicate that Val is murdered? How?

4. Explain Vee's feelings about painting.

5. How does Val believe human beings used to connect? How does he feel now?

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

7. What does Lady ask Val in Act 2 Scene 4 about the money? What does he respond?

8. Describe the interaction between Val and Sheriff Talbott in Act 3, Scene 2 when he enters to find Val and Vee together.

9. What does Talbott tell Val before he leaves in Act 3, Scene 2?

10. What did Lady's father come to America with?

(see the answer keys)

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