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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has caused regular visits between Joe and his family to be prohibitive?
(a) Hospital expenses and long distance.
(b) Nature of his disease.
(c) Rules of the hospital.
(d) Job and school demands.

2. What does Brian admit scares him to death?
(a) What happens in the after life.
(b) Losing Mark.
(c) The act of dying.
(d) Never seeing her again.

3. What does the interviewer tell Joe he is available to do?
(a) Talk to his family.
(b) Teach him how to accept his fate.
(c) Help him deal with his emotions.
(d) Listen anytime.

4. What does Agnes do that causes Felicity to chastise her and launch into a bawdy song?
(a) Talking about Claire.
(b) Cleaning the cottage.
(c) Singing a hymn.
(d) Reading the bible.

5. Who comes in while Mark is putting away Brian's medications?
(a) Steve.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Beverly.
(d) Interviewer.

6. What does Joe admit to the interviewer about Maggie?
(a) He hasn't told her the extent of his illness.
(b) She doesn't enjoy seeing him the way he is now.
(c) She is living in denial and will not admit he is ill.
(d) It sometimes takes her a little while to fully understand things.

7. What does Brian believe people are doing instead of living more authentic lives?
(a) Moving through their lives in an automatic way.
(b) Praying to a God he does not believe exists.
(c) Denying the facts that are presented to them.
(d) Trying methods to prolong the inevitable.

8. What profession does Brian have?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Actor.
(c) Writer.
(d) Teacher.

9. What did Beverly tell Brian that he had lost?
(a) The need for her.
(b) The ability to cope with the realities of life.
(c) The desire to write emotionally.
(d) The magic and zest for real living.

10. What does Maggie do when Steve jokes with her and tries to pull her in the cottage?
(a) She yells and cusses at him.
(b) She slaps him hard across the face.
(c) She walks away from both Steve and Joe.
(d) She slides to the cottage floor and sobs.

11. How does Steve feel about seeing his father?
(a) He is elated.
(b) He is angry.
(c) He is scared.
(d) He is relieved.

12. What does Steve do to express how much he missed Joe?
(a) He has written Joe a poem.
(b) He tells him.
(c) He hugs him several times.
(d) He gives him a letter he wrote.

13. What hope does Joe have in regards to Maggie's visit?
(a) That she will be ready to comfort Steve when the time comes.
(b) That she will love being at the cottage.
(c) That she will be able to find peace.
(d) That she will finally understand he is dying.

14. Why has Brian started to write again?
(a) He doesn't want to leave anything unsaid or undone.
(b) He wants to leave a clear legacy behind.
(c) Mark has inspired him to help him write again.
(d) He needs to find something to do to pass the time.

15. Where does Felicity think she is sometimes?
(a) Up in heaven with God.
(b) In her daughter's home.
(c) Back in her own home.
(d) Back in her regular hospital room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brian believe has been thwarted by the mechanics of dying?

2. How does Brian respond when he sees Beverly at the cottage?

3. What is unique about where Joe is staying?

4. What does Beverly chastise Mark about?

5. What is the main topic of this play?

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