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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mattie say is her only reward?
(a) Her fine son.
(b) Her good and loyal husband.
(c) Her home.
(d) Her health.

2. For what event do Mattie and Grandma plan to go shopping?
(a) John's birthday.
(b) Jeff's welcome home party.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Jeff's graduation.

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

4. Who had Dudley seen as a patient this morning?
(a) Mattie.
(b) Jeff.
(c) John.
(d) Ann.

5. What is John's mood as he leaves the house?
(a) Hopeful.
(b) Defeated.
(c) Angry.
(d) Happy.

6. What does John ask Jeff to do when he sees him?
(a) Put on his uniform.
(b) Go have a beer with him.
(c) Hug him.
(d) Watch a baseball game on TV.

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

8. Who does Mattie not want to know about her condition?
(a) Grandma.
(b) John.
(c) Ann.
(d) Jeff.

9. How much gratitude did Mattie's sisters show for what John and Mattie did for them.
(a) They are paying them back.
(b) They are helping others as they were helped.
(c) They paid them back in full.
(d) None.

10. Where do John and Dudley go?
(a) Church.
(b) The liquor store.
(c) The bar.
(d) The gas station.

11. Who is Mo's girlfriend?
(a) Patty.
(b) Tina.
(c) Gail.
(d) Justine.

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

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

14. Where did Mattie and John live when John was in college?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Georgia.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) New York.

15. Why does Mattie especially love John?
(a) He brings her flowers.
(b) He buys her jewelry for Christmas.
(c) He writes poetry for her.
(d) He sacrificed to take care of her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dudley think it best if John is aware of Mattie's condition?

2. What does Jeff tell his mother when she asks him to wait to get married?

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

4. What does Mattie not attempt to control in her household?

5. Where did John direct his frustrated ambitions?

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