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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Frank try to dismiss the afternoon?
(a) As a waste of time.
(b) As a pleasant interlue and nothing more.
(c) As a huge mistake.
(d) As the best date he has been on in a long time.

3. Shep is a rebel and resents what?
(a) His past.
(b) His wife.
(c) His life.
(d) His mother's efforts to soften him.

4. What does Frank also seem better able to do at the office?
(a) Compromise with his boss.
(b) Socialize with his co-workers.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Quickly dispatch accumulated paperwork as well as new communications.

5. What kind of husband does April not want?
(a) One who is not willing to do as she asks.
(b) One who is poor.
(c) One who cannot think for himself.
(d) One who works himself into an early grave at a job he hates for a house and life in suburbia that means nothing to them.

6. What does Frank fantasize about Maureen Grube?
(a) Making love to her.
(b) Talking to her.
(c) Asking her out on a date.
(d) Removing her sweater and baring her breasts.

7. How does April counter what Frank says about her idea?
(a) It is not as wonderful as her love for him.
(b) It is a great idea and he will be sorry to not trust her.
(c) It wil be an even better idea as they work on their plans together.
(d) What is unrealistic is the notion that they should live in the suburbs and somehow be happy surrounded by shallow people with whom they have nothing in common.

8. With what does Frank Wheeler struggle?
(a) His feelings about his wife.
(b) The question of who to tell, and when, of his planned departure from the Knox Business Machines Co.
(c) Whether or not he wants to leave his job and larger salary.
(d) His agreement to move his family to Paris.

9. What does Helen recall about April?
(a) How nervous she seemed about inviting John for a visit.
(b) How open and inviting she had been regarding Helen's son's visit.
(c) How difficult it was talking to her about her son.
(d) How eager she seemed to discuss John's mental illness.

10. What scheduling snafu takes place?
(a) They have no plans for the evening.
(b) They book an evening with both the Campbells and the Givings.
(c) They will have to leave for France later.
(d) They are booked for one night with the Campbells and another night with the Givings.

11. What dooms the performance?
(a) Poor singing.
(b) An out of tune pit orchestra.
(c) Bad acting.
(d) Lighting problems.

12. What does no one want to do?
(a) Go back into the auditorium for the second half of the play.
(b) Leave the theater.
(c) See the performance end.
(d) Hear April sing.

13. Why did Maureen marry at age eighteen?
(a) Her parents encouraged her to marry.
(b) She could not stand her last name.
(c) She was pregnant.
(d) She was in love.

14. How does Frank feel about Ordway's question?
(a) He resents it.
(b) He worries about it.
(c) He finds it humorous.
(d) He ponders it.

15. As they sip their tea, what does Helen Givings do?
(a) She rehearses in her mind how she hopes the visit with the Wheelers will go.
(b) She reprimands her husband for not helping her deal with their son.
(c) She discusses her day with her husband.
(d) She worries about her son.

Short Answer Questions

1. As they return from lunch, what does Frank see other co-workers doing?

2. What does Frank fend off?

3. About what do the Wheelers and their guests talk?

4. Of what does Frank Wheeler catch a glimpse as April acts out her part onstage?

5. Shep chooses to go into the army, where he is a member of what?

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