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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 says that getting back to nature is the same kind of thing he used to do when he was ___________.
(a) Married.
(b) A student.
(c) Sick.
(d) Younger.

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

3. What did Bernie tell Carol about the fantasy that she had when she was a child?
(a) Don't tell her mother.
(b) She was crazy for thinking that way.
(c) Keep it to herself.
(d) Tell everyone.

4. "It's a ________ home, you know?" says Carol when she's talking about where she lives.
(a) New.
(b) Comfortable.
(c) Small.
(d) Real.

5. Bernie describes his younger years and times as ways of getting __________.
(a) Play.
(b) Women.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Around.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Carol currently live with, according to her own admission in this scene of the play?

2. Who admits they quit smoking a few years ago so they know how hard it is to do so?

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

4. Bernie comments that ___________ might be one of those people who actually means it when they go to church.

5. What does Bernie want to know about Carol's place? Bernie: "You got a ____________?"

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Carol reveal about her own home with Gerry as she and Bernie are talking?

4. What is another reason Carol gives for wanting to see and to talk with Bernie?

5. What does Bernie admit about his other son when he talks about him with Carol?

6. Who decorated Bernie's apartment, according to his own admission when Carol comments on it?

7. Why has Bernie never given anyone jewelry before this particular day?

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

9. What happened to Carol's mother after she divorced Carol's dad so long ago?

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

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