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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 thinks she's gotten her good looks from her _____________, and she tells him so.
(a) Father.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Uncle.
(d) Mother.

2. What does the acronym VA stand for when it is mentioned in this opening scene of the play?
(a) Valley Administration.
(b) Veterans Administration.
(c) Volleyball Association.
(d) Vietnam Association.

3. Who else is a smoker, according to the scene in which Carol and Bernie are talking?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Bernie.
(c) Leslie.
(d) Gerry.

4. Carol says that she and her half-sister are very close and Bernie says she'd like ______________.
(a) Steve.
(b) Marty.
(c) Joe.
(d) Ralph.

5. Who decorated Bernie's apartment, according to him, when Carol comments about it?
(a) He did.
(b) No one.
(c) The previous tenant.
(d) Leslie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bernie shrugs off the ____________ of the previous scene and continues with the conversation.

2. Bernie says that Carol needs to take all of the ___________ she can, as he is talking with her about her life.

3. Bernie says that he knows Carol's mother had another daughter, named _____________.

4. Who does Bernie admit to not having seen in a long time, according to his own admission?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bernie say that Carol should focus on in her life, according to his own opinion?

2. What did the boss Bernie had at the phone company do for him after the accident?

3. What did Carol used to think of Bernie's good looks when she was younger?

4. What does Carol reveal about her history of traveling with Gerry during her life?

5. What does Bernie do after Carol remarks again about how nice Bernie's place is?

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

7. What does Carol describe as the most important institution in America when she is talking with Bernie?

8. What does Bernie say when Carol compliments him on how he looks as they meet for one of the first times?

9. What did Bernie admit to envisioning for his and Carol's first meeting together?

10. Why does Bernie consider Carol to be lucky in her life as the two are talking with each other?

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