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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mo deride Jeff for regarding Jeff's vision?
(a) Jeff lacks the ambition.
(b) He is too stupid to make it happen.
(c) Jeff is no good at negotiating.
(d) Fighting for black rights through the legal system.

2. What does John feels about Jeff's discharge?
(a) It is unfortunate.
(b) It is a disgrace.
(c) It is reversible.
(d) It was predictable.

3. Jeff tells his father that there are different ________________ for different people.
(a) Battlefields.
(b) Motivations.
(c) Careers.
(d) Strokes.

4. Who comes to the house to talk to John?
(a) Marcus.
(b) Dudley.
(c) Jeff.
(d) Mr. Greevey.

5. Why was Jeff discharged from the Air Force?
(a) He failed navigator training.
(b) He was drunk on duty.
(c) He went AWOL.
(d) He was arrested for drunk driving.

6. What does Mattie discuss with Ann?
(a) Mattie's family.
(b) Civil Rights Movement.
(c) Sunday dinner plans.
(d) Ann's family.

7. Where did John direct his frustrated ambitions?
(a) Painting.
(b) Sculpting.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Jeff.

8. What did John and Mattie do when Mattie's sisters came to New York?
(a) Got them married off.
(b) Sent them back home.
(c) Took care of them.
(d) Found them an apartment.

9. What does Grandma think is Ann's plan?
(a) Turn Jeff against his family.
(b) Rob the house.
(c) Trap Jeff into marriage.
(d) Get Jeff back into a gang.

10. What happens after a violent confrontation between Jeff and Mo?
(a) Mo shoots Ann.
(b) Jeff shoots Mo.
(c) Mo stabs Jeff.
(d) Jeff kicks everyone out of the house.

11. How does Grandma react to Jeff's telling her that he has asked Ann to marry him?
(a) She will try to be happy.
(b) She is happy for both of them.
(c) She is obviously unhappy.
(d) She says she will have to sleep on it.

12. What does Mattie ask Ann to do while she is gone?
(a) Run the vacuum cleaner.
(b) Make phone calls to invite people to the party.
(c) Tidy up Jeff's bedroom.
(d) Make some party food.

13. What does Jeff tell his mother when she asks him to wait to get married?
(a) He will wait six months.
(b) He can't agree to wait.
(c) He will wait until he graduates law school.
(d) He will wait as long as it takes.

14. What do Mattie's medical tests reveal?
(a) Abnormalities in her remaining breast.
(b) Colon cancer.
(c) Everything is fine.
(d) A bile duct blockage.

15. What element becomes almost human as it appears in the play?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Light.
(c) Street noise.
(d) Music.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does John want Dudley to go with him?

2. What does Jeff tell Mattie to do with his uniform?

3. What is the name of John's poem?

4. How many jobs did John have to work to support the household?

5. Who from Mattie's family moved in with Mattie and John years ago?

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