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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the most important institution in America, according to Carol, as she shares her feelings with Bernie?
(a) Home.
(b) Children.
(c) Work.
(d) School.

2. Bernie says that he will do whatever ________ wants to do about dinner.
(a) Leslie.
(b) Gerry.
(c) Her therapist.
(d) Carol.

3. Carol says that she wants to get _________________ Bernie better.
(a) Gerry to talk to.
(b) Food and communication with.
(c) Therapy to understand.
(d) To know.

4. Where was Bernie working during the story that is being told during this scene?
(a) New York.
(b) Boston.
(c) The Cape.
(d) Hamptons.

5. How much time did Bernie spend in jail, that he admits to in this scene?
(a) A year.
(b) Couple of days.
(c) A month.
(d) A few hours.

6. Bernie tells Carol that he wanted to call her on the day she turned ____________.
(a) 18.
(b) 25.
(c) 16.
(d) 21.

7. Bernie says that he __________ want to get to know Carol as well.
(a) Doesn't.
(b) Thinks he might.
(c) Does.
(d) Someday might.

8. Carol asks Bernie if he is _______________ the night that she and he finally get to talk.
(a) Busy.
(b) Reading.
(c) Going to a meeting.
(d) Working.

9. What does Bernie suggest he and Carol do that they used to do when she was a child?
(a) Sled.
(b) Go for a walk.
(c) Head to the park.
(d) Go out to eat.

10. Bernie admits he was mad at _____________ for a long time after the divorce took place.
(a) Himself.
(b) The government.
(c) Carol's mother.
(d) Carol.

11. Where was Bernie working when he tells the story to Carol during this scene?
(a) Army.
(b) Phone company.
(c) Restaurant.
(d) He wasn't.

12. What is helping to ensure that Bernie is doing okay with the money he's making at the time of the story?
(a) Recycling cans.
(b) Disability.
(c) An inheritance.
(d) Change on the street.

13. What profession does Carol say that she had for a time, though she's no longer doing that?
(a) Phone worker.
(b) Dancer.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Musician.

14. What does Carol say when Bernie asks her how she found him finally?
(a) She asked her mother.
(b) She went on the computer.
(c) Through AA.
(d) Public records.

15. Where did Bernie's boss go in order to try to get his dismissal reversed, even though he was unsuccessful?
(a) Providence.
(b) Boston.
(c) Copperstown.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bernie points out that he's not asking Carol to ___________ when he talks about how angry he was.

2. What is the final reason why Carol says that she wanted to come to see Bernie at this point?

3. Who does Carol think will agree with the way that Bernie responds to her ideas about her life?

4. How many years had Bernie worked at the job from which he was fired in this play?

5. How long will it be until Bernie can get his license back, according to him?

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