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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Estelle ask Serafina about?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her son.
(c) Her washing.
(d) Her sewing.

2. What is the little boy playing with?
(a) A train.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) A ball.
(d) A dog.

3. Which of the group opens the house door?
(a) Rosario.
(b) Rebecca.
(c) Assunta.
(d) Father de Leo.

4. What does Miss Yorke want to get from the closet?
(a) A broom.
(b) Rosa's homework.
(c) Rosa's dress.
(d) A cushion.

5. Who is Father de Leo talking to at the beginning of the scene?
(a) Assunta.
(b) A nurse.
(c) Serafina.
(d) A doctor.

6. What does Rosario put in his hair?
(a) Brille cream.
(b) Olive oil.
(c) Whiskey cream.
(d) Rose oil.

7. What does the priest not want to happen to Rosario's body?
(a) For it to be sent back to Italy.
(b) For it to be cremated.
(c) For it to be buried.
(d) For it to be disfigured.

8. What two cities is the play's setting located between?
(a) New York and New Jersey.
(b) Houston and Dallas.
(c) New Orleans and Mobile.
(d) Los Angeles and San Francisco.

9. Who is Serafina waiting for?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her sister.

10. What does Serafina say is now her only concern?
(a) The happiness of her daughter.
(b) Her husband's ashes.
(c) The graduation dresses.
(d) Her own happiness.

11. What did Rose tell Peppina had been locked up?
(a) Her keys.
(b) Her clothes.
(c) Her dog.
(d) Her money.

12. What does Assunta say her powder will do to Serafina's husband?
(a) Make him more potent.
(b) Make him do the housework.
(c) Make him fall in love.
(d) Make him work harder.

13. What can the audience hear inside the house?
(a) Music.
(b) A generator.
(c) Shouting.
(d) A sewing machine.

14. What does Flora say she and Bessie will do if Serafina does not give them the blouse?
(a) Damage her car.
(b) Damage her house.
(c) Sit on the lawn.
(d) Report her.

15. Who does Estelle yell is dead?
(a) Her papa.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her lover.
(d) Her best friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Estelle going to give Rosario as a gift?

2. What language does Miss Yorke say she speaks?

3. Why does Father de Leo not want Rosario's body to be cremated?

4. What is Serafina wearing?

5. What is Assunta's job?

(see the answer keys)

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