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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. How old is Madge Owens?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 21.

2. Who is Howard?
(a) Madge's date.
(b) Rosemary's brother?
(c) Rosemary's boyfriend.
(d) Flo's blind date.

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

4. What does Bomber ask Madge?
(a) If she'll be going to college.
(b) If she'll buy a magazine from him.
(c) If she'll go out with him.
(d) If she'll tutor him.

5. What does Flo tell Madge not to allow any ____________ when the girls go out tonight.
(a) sex.
(b) smoking.
(c) drugs.
(d) drinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rosemary want Howard to take her?

2. Who took Millie and Hal out for Cokes?

3. What is the setting for the play?

4. What does Flo comment on when she comes out onto the porch?

5. What does Alan say about Hal's college days?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Alan respond when Madge apologizes for not going to the picnic the night before?

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

4. Explain Madge's confusion regarding making love to Hal earlier tonight.

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

6. What is the mood between Howard and Rosemary when they arrive home?

7. What decision does Madge make about her life at the end of the play?

8. How does Alan know that he no longer has a chance for a relationship with Madge?

9. How does Howard evade the marriage question at least temporarily?

10. How does the author use the technique of irony regarding Rosemary's perceptions of Hal?

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