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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is John doing at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Eating breakfast.
(b) Painting the house.
(c) Mopping the floor.
(d) Reading a book.

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

3. What does Gail ask Jeff to do?
(a) Take her out.
(b) Get her some college course information.
(c) Speak to Mo as a friend.
(d) Hide her gun.

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

5. What does Mattie think is a big problem with her family?
(a) Mental illness.
(b) Lack of education.
(c) Alcohol abuse.
(d) Bad tempers.

6. Where will Mattie have the biopsies done?
(a) Princeton Plainsboro Hospital.
(b) Harlem Hospital.
(c) New York Presbyterian Hospital.
(d) Johns Hopkins Hospital.

7. Why is Grandma not happy about Ann's presence in their lives?
(a) Jeff should marry someone from the neighborhood.
(b) Ann is too uppity.
(c) Ann is a white girl.
(d) No one is good enough for her grandson.

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

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

10. What does Jeff tell Mattie to do with his uniform?
(a) Take it to the cleaners.
(b) Give it to the Salvation Army.
(c) Mend a tear in it.
(d) Hem the pants.

11. What would Jeff rather do than re-join the gang?
(a) Anything.
(b) Go to med school.
(c) Go to law school.
(d) Nothing.

12. What does Mattie ask Jeff to do before he marries Ann?
(a) Get a good job.
(b) Date other girls.
(c) Buy a house.
(d) Finish law school.

13. What is Grandma's reaction toward Ann?
(a) Reserved.
(b) Elated.
(c) Rude.
(d) Unhappy.

14. 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 obviously unhappy.
(c) She is happy for both of them.
(d) She says she will have to sleep on it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was John forced to drop out of school?

2. What is Mattie's response to Jeff's telling her that he asked Ann to marry him?

3. What drug does Skeeter take at the house?

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

5. What did John and Mattie do when Mattie's sisters came to New York?

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