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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 unusual about Madge?
(a) She has one brown eye and one blue eye.
(b) She is exceptionally beautiful.
(c) She has six toes on her left foot.
(d) One ear is lower than the other one.

2. What does Bomber do when Madge tells him to leave her alone?
(a) Goes home dejected.
(b) Cries.
(c) Slaps her.
(d) Tries to pressure her with crude, vulgar language.

3. What are the characters preparing to do tonight?
(a) Go to a church social.
(b) Go to the prom.
(c) Go to a picnic.
(d) Go to the homecoming game.

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

5. Who is the owner of one of the homes where the action takes place?
(a) Mrs. Freddie Myers.
(b) Mrs. Flo Jones.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Frank Orville.
(d) Mrs. Flo Owens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hal says that Rosemary looked at him ______________.

2. What has Hal borrowed from Alan?

3. Why does Hal say most of the fraternity brothers in college did not respect him?

4. What is Rosemary Snyder's profession?

5. What do Mrs. Owens, Madge and Millie hear as they stand on their porch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting for the play?

2. Explain how Millie and Madge have exchanged roles in Act 2.

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

4. What is the climax of the play which occurs in Act 2?

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

6. What are Millie's concerns this afternoon?

7. What is the source of the sibling rivalry between Madge and Millie?

8. Why is Flo obsessed with wanting Madge to marry Alan?

9. What is the setting of Act 3, Scene 2?

10. What is different about Rosemary's behavior with Hal when she begs him to marry her?

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