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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. Carol notes, "Our __________ is quite nice. You'll like it a lot. When you come see it."
(a) Car.
(b) Yard.
(c) Office.
(d) Place.

2. What does Bernie try to find when he and Carol are visiting, though she tells him not to worry about it?
(a) Photo albums.
(b) A baby journal.
(c) Birth certificate.
(d) A baby bootie.

3. Bernie says that if he were still a drinker, Carol probably would not______________.
(a) Recognize him.
(b) Have to come over.
(c) Have been there.
(d) Be alive.

4. Bernie says that being a man of the world, being a bad ________ doesn't really mean anything.
(a) Worker.
(b) Lover.
(c) Communicator.
(d) Partner.

5. __________ says that no one is going to take care of them so they need to do it themselves.
(a) Bernie.
(b) Leslie.
(c) Gerry.
(d) Carol.

Short Answer Questions

1. _____________ says that he would have recognized her anywhere at the start of the play.

2. What is Bernie's reaction to the fact that Carol thinks he can do better than the job he currently has?

3. Bernie also talks about how he has the ability to ____________ without needing to bum money.

4. Carol used to think her father was the ____________ man she ever met in her life.

5. Carol tells Bernie that he's wasted at the ____________ where he currently works.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bernie reveal about Carol's other siblings who came after her mother and father divorced?

2. What is happening between two characters at the start of the play when the first scene begins?

3. What does Bernie say about Carol again when he shrugs off the passion of the previous scene?

4. What is the story behind Carol finally being able to find Bernie where he's living now?

5. Why is the date on the gift incorrect, according to Bernie, when he gives it to Carol?

6. What does Bernie say that he wants to offer Carol when they are meeting, but he cannot because of his new life?

7. How did Carol find Bernie, according to her when she and Bernie are talking in his apartment?

8. What does Carol say she does for a living at the start of this scene?

9. What is the joke that Bernie makes about the gift he presents to Carol in this scene?

10. What does Bernie say about the opinion Carol has about her marriage and why it is the way it is?

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