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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Carol call Bernie as they are getting ready to leave his apartment?
(a) Papa.
(b) Bernie.
(c) Dad.
(d) Butch.

2. What does Carol ask Bernie for when they are discussing their times near Horace Mann School?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Bread.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Tea.

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

4. What does Carol admit when Bernie begins to grow impatient about the reason behind Carol's sudden appearance?
(a) I heard you were sick.
(b) I wanted to know you.
(c) I needed more.
(d) I felt lonely.

5. Who once told Bernie never to give anyone jewelry, which is why he never has done so before?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Barbara.
(c) Leslie.
(d) Johanna.

6. Bernie asks Carol if she minds if he gets ___________ for a second.
(a) Drunk.
(b) Personal.
(c) Honest.
(d) Weepy.

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

8. Who decides to tell a long story during the course of this particular scene?
(a) Bernie.
(b) Both characters.
(c) Carol.
(d) Neither.

9. Bernie admits that he missed Carol like ______________ when he left her and her mother.
(a) Every second.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Crazy.
(d) Never.

10. What doesn't Carol want to be with Bernie, as she admits in this scene?
(a) Relatives.
(b) Friends.
(c) Close.
(d) Siblings.

11. How many years had Bernie worked at the job from which he was fired in this play?
(a) One year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Eight years.

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

13. Bernie then realizes that Carol sent _____________ over to meet up with him.
(a) Ruth.
(b) Gerry.
(c) No one.
(d) Leslie.

14. What does Bernie suggest he and Carol go look at like they did when they were younger?
(a) Horses.
(b) Books.
(c) Locomotives.
(d) Cars.

15. Carol asks Bernie if he agrees that she is _____________ the things she wants from him.
(a) Ready for.
(b) Worthy of.
(c) Entitled to
(d) Good for.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bernie realizes that he's guessing, but he thinks Carol must have had some kind of _____________ to get her to come to see him.

2. What happens to cause the wreck with the car, according to the story of Bernie?

3. Who did most of the work on the telephone pole that Bernie had ruined during his accident?

4. Bernie apologizes that the ______________ on the gift is wrong. That was not his intention.

5. Bernie tries to explain his question to Carol: "Not that I was sure how you'd feel about _____________..."

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