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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is making a mechanical screeching sound from the backyard?
(a) His children's toys.
(b) The car.
(c) The lawnmower.
(d) A chainsaw.

2. What is learned about the Givings's son, John?
(a) He is their special needs child who lives with them.
(b) He is a wealthy doctor living on Long Island.
(c) He is a serial killer who is now in prison for life.
(d) He had been a math instructor at a university before he became insane.

3. What do Frank and April begin doing to each other?
(a) Hitting.
(b) Hugging.
(c) Kissing.
(d) Snipping and bickering.

4. How does April respond to Frank's protestations about moving to France?
(a) It does not matter because she will find him a job.
(b) He will find a good job very quickly.
(c) He needs to trust her that it will all turn out alright.
(d) It does not matter because she is prepared to work to support the family while he "finds himself."

5. For what does April apologize again?
(a) Being hot-headed.
(b) Making plans without discussing them with him first.
(c) Being rude and unkind.
(d) Being hard to live with since her involvement with the community theater.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frank finally notice when he tries to apologize to his wife?

2. How does Frank feel about April as he makes his way backstage after the curtain comes down?

3. What does Frank admit to himself, through the haze of his hangover?

4. On a quiet Sunday morning after their big fight, what does Frank Wheeler do?

5. What does Frank see as the beginning of his father's decline in health, as well as his mother's?

(see the answer key)

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