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

2. Where does Rosemary want Howard to take her?
(a) To a movie.
(b) The ice cream shop.
(c) On a drive.
(d) Out to dinner.

3. Where does Madge work?
(a) The hamburger shop.
(b) The beauty salon.
(c) The coffee shop.
(d) The dime store.

4. What does Millie do after drinking the alcohol?
(a) Dances in the street.
(b) Cries.
(c) Sings Broadway tunes.
(d) Runs into the house to vomit.

5. Instead of going to the picnic, Madge and Hal ______________.
(a) go to a movie.
(b) play cards.
(c) go out for coffee.
(d) make love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Millie do that Rosemary thinks is scandalous?

2. Why does Rosemary get angry with Howard?

3. Who is the owner of the second home where some of the play's action occurs?

4. With whom does Rosemary dance aggressively?

5. In college, Hal and Alan were __________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Alan had indicated to Madge that he had "taken care of" Hal. What does Madge learn that that means?

2. Why is tonight a turning point in Madge's life?

3. What is Hal's demeanor when he returns to the Owens household?

4. How does the author use the technique of foreshadowing at the end of Act 1?

5. How does Madge leave her mother's house?

6. What does Madge dream of when she hears the train whistle in the distance?

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

8. Explain the metaphor that the Picasso pictures have in Millie's life.

9. How do Flo's real feelings about Hal become evident?

10. How does Act 2 begin?

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