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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. Who are the Laurel Players?
(a) A nature preserve.
(b) A quilting society.
(c) A community theater in Connecticut.
(d) A poker club.

2. Why does Frank suddenly become angry with his son, Michael?
(a) Michael has lied to him.
(b) Michael is misbehaving.
(c) The shovel comes close to his son's small foot.
(d) Michael is asking too many questions.

3. What kind of husband does April not want?
(a) One who is poor.
(b) 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.
(c) One who cannot think for himself.
(d) One who is not willing to do as she asks.

4. What does Frank decide to do, regarding Maureen?
(a) Ignore her.
(b) Ask her out to dinner.
(c) Take off her sweater.
(d) Make a pass at her.

5. What does April say to Frank as he arrives home?
(a) She does not want him in her home.
(b) She has been worried sick about him.
(c) She missed him all day, is sorry for their fight, and loves him.
(d) She is sorry she forgot his birthday.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Frank find temporary solace?

3. What happens to April Wheeler's acting during the second act?

4. Why does Frank try to change the subject?

5. Why is Frank worried?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Frank and April's relationship begin?

2. How did April want to handle the situation she and Frank had been in early in their relationship?

3. How do the audience members and actors feel at intermission?

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

5. How does the story begin?

6. What happens after Frank's surprise birthday party?

7. What happens when Frank tries to apologize to his wife?

8. What does Helen do, while she and her husband sip their tea?

9. How does the reader learn the back story between Frank and April?

10. How do the children respond to their parents' moods?

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