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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 Millie wearing as Act 2 begins?
(a) Shorts and a T shirt.
(b) Pajamas.
(c) Halloween costume.
(d) A dress.

2. What does Alan tell Madge that his father is making him do?
(a) Get a job.
(b) Break up with her.
(c) Return to college.
(d) Get a haircut.

3. With whom is Millie going to the picnic?
(a) Madge.
(b) Bomber.
(c) Rosemary.
(d) Hal.

4. What is the setting for the play?
(a) A park.
(b) A school playground.
(c) A factory.
(d) The porches of two neighboring homes.

5. Alan had once loaned Hal $100 for what?
(a) A Hollywood screen test.
(b) Tuition payment.
(c) A new suit.
(d) Text books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Millie say that Hal talked about this afternoon?

2. What has Howard brought with him this evening?

3. What does Flo tell Madge before she leaves for the picnic?

4. What does Flo hear as she stands on her porch at the end of Act 1?

5. Where does Rosemary want Howard to take her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which characters live in the two homes?

2. Who is Hal and how is he introduced in the scene?

3. How does Hal enter the scene to talk to Madge?

4. What personal information does Hal share with Alan regarding his family and upbringing?

5. What time of day is it when Act 3, Scene 1 begins?

6. Which two characters appear first in Act 3, Scene 1?

7. How has the foreshadowing of the train come full circle for Madge by the end of the play?

8. What is the mood between Madge and Hal when they return to the Owens house?

9. What are the circumstances that let Madge and Hal alone?

10. What does Millie dream of when she hears the train whistle in the distance?

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