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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. Bernie comments that men are generally frightened of _________ women.
(a) Smart.
(b) All.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Boring.

2. What does Bernie tell Carol she is, again, as he continues to tell her this in the play?
(a) Good looking.
(b) Lucky.
(c) Short.
(d) Smart.

3. Carol mentions that her building is very __________, which seems to be what Bernie wants to hear.
(a) Safe.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Boring.
(d) Dark.

4. What word does Bernie use to describe the experience of having kids when talking to Carol?
(a) Fun.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Life-changing.
(d) Indescribable.

5. Who did the legwork in order to allow for the meeting between Carol and Bernie?
(a) Leslie.
(b) Gerry.
(c) Bernie.
(d) Carol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Carol's last name according to the notes at the start of the play?

2. "It's a ________ home, you know?" says Carol when she's talking about where she lives.

3. Bernie thinks that when he was younger, he was a lousy ____________, a drinker, and someone who just got into debt.

4. What does the acronym VA stand for when it is mentioned in this opening scene of the play?

5. _____________ imagined some sort of intense drama when they finally met up.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bernie come out and ask Carol at the start of this scene, though it's been asked before?

2. What did Bernie get for Carol as he presents the gift to her at the start of the scene?

3. What has reminded Bernie of the idea that the present is more important than the past or the future?

4. What does Carol admit to Bernie as being the reason why she wanted to talk with him?

5. During what holiday does the story Bernie tells in this scene take place as he is sharing the story with Carol?

6. What are Carol and Gerry talking about, that she shares with Bernie as they are talking together?

7. What does Bernie suggest he and Carol do in order to continue their conversation?

8. Why did Bernie get fired from the phone company, according to the story Bernie relates at the start of the chapter?

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

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

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