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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Serafina giving Rosa as her graduation present?
(a) A car.
(b) A dress.
(c) A book.
(d) A watch.

2. What was Estelle going to give Rosario as a gift?
(a) A television.
(b) A pair of shoes.
(c) An ashtray.
(d) A shirt.

3. Who does Serafina not want the women to behave improper in front of?
(a) The dog.
(b) Her dead husband.
(c) Rosa.
(d) Herself.

4. What type of material is Serafina holding?
(a) Silk.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Wool.
(d) Velvet.

5. What of the following words best describes Serafina?
(a) Slim.
(b) Anorexic.
(c) Fat.
(d) Plump.

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

7. What does Miss Yorke ask for?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) The keys to the closet.
(c) The graduation dresses.
(d) Money.

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

9. What does Estelle do to the boy?
(a) Kisses him.
(b) Kicks him.
(c) Licks him.
(d) Hits him.

10. Why does Serafina want Rosario's body cremated?
(a) To scatter them in Scilliy.
(b) So she does not have to see his body.
(c) To upset the Catholic Church.
(d) So she can keep his ashes.

11. What does Serafina shout at the women?
(a) Aiuto.
(b) Filipo.
(c) Luito.
(d) Adios.

12. Who do the women consider calling?
(a) Their husbands.
(b) The army.
(c) Jack.
(d) The police.

13. What does Rosa say her husband's skin was as smooth as?
(a) A rose petal.
(b) Plaster.
(c) Cream.
(d) Oak.

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

15. Which of the characters is dead?
(a) Assunta.
(b) Rosario.
(c) Rosa.
(d) Rebecca.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Serafina say her husband had a body like?

2. Who is Father de Leo talking to at the beginning of the scene?

3. What does Serafina say Bessie and Flora are crazy about?

4. Why is Rosa allowed to graduate even though she missed her final examinations?

5. What does Serafina say she has lost?

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