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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. As he approaches his house, what does Frank notice?
(a) The curtains are drawn in the picture window.
(b) There is a police car in the driveway.
(c) All the lights are on.
(d) No one is home.

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

3. How do the Wheelers drive home?
(a) Yelling.
(b) Apologizing.
(c) Crying.
(d) In silence.

4. What does the audience do during intermission?
(a) They complain about the amateur actors.
(b) They leave the poor performance.
(c) They discuss how wonderful the performance is.
(d) They wander awkwardly around the high school building.

5. What had Frank once boasted to April years earlier?
(a) That he could speak both French and Spanish.
(b) That he had lived in France for many years.
(c) That he could speak fluent French from his time there after the war.
(d) That he had worked in Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Helen's son's psychiatrist approved?

2. Shep is a rebel and resents what?

3. What does Ordway ask Wheeler about moving to Europe?

4. What does Frank fantasize about Maureen Grube?

5. Of what does Frank reassure April?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Knox Building represent?

2. How does Frank react when he and April begin to make love?

3. What happens to April's acting as the second half of the play progresses?

4. What do Frank and Maureen do after lunch?

5. How does Frank feel about April's plan to move to Europe? How does she react to his thoughts about her idea?

6. How does Frank's mood affect his productivity?

7. How does Shep meet Milly? What happens to their relationship?

8. Describe Frank's first visit to this building.

9. What does Frank feel about Maureen's story?

10. How does the play proceed?

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