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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is located in the interview area?
(a) Two chairs.
(b) A small stool.
(c) A chair and a couch.
(d) A chair, a recorder and a man.

3. Who is Claire?
(a) Felicity's granddaughter.
(b) Felicity's daughter.
(c) Agnes's daughter.
(d) Felicity's sister.

4. Where is the setting for the opening of this play?
(a) A doctor's office.
(b) A hotel room.
(c) A hospital room.
(d) A cottage.

5. What is the main topic of this play?
(a) Death.
(b) Hospital care.
(c) Life.
(d) Family relationships.

6. How is the interview process explained to Joe?
(a) It is the manner in which the patients can tell their story.
(b) It is the hospitals way of talking to the people in the cottage.
(c) The patients need to ensure all of their affairs are in order this way.
(d) The hospital wants to be sure that no one is infected.

7. How long has it been since Joe saw his wife and son?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 12 weeks.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 6 months.

8. What ends the tension between Beverly and Mark?
(a) Mark leaves.
(b) Beverly keeps drinking.
(c) Mark yells at Beverly.
(d) Brian walks in the room.

9. What topic does Joe try to change it to when Maggie continues with her lack of acceptance?
(a) The happenings at Steve's school and Maggie's work.
(b) The family dog who had died last year.
(c) The family buying a farm and living a rural life.
(d) The memories from the last family vacation.

10. What does Mark tell Beverly about Brian?
(a) That Brian continues to worry for her and call her.
(b) That she is no good for him.
(c) That he doesn't want to see her again.
(d) That his condition is terminal.

11. What is Beverly obsessed with?
(a) How beautiful the cottage is.
(b) Why Brian wanted to see her again.
(c) Brian and Mark's physical relationship.
(d) Brian's health issues.

12. How does Joe react to what Maggie has done to Steve?
(a) He comforts Steve.
(b) He asks Steve to leave them alone.
(c) He tells Steve to leave his mother alone.
(d) He yells at Maggie.

13. Which of the following is true about the way Agnes treats Felicity?
(a) She constantly tries to change the topic.
(b) She caters to her every whim.
(c) She acts as if nothing is wrong.
(d) She treats her as if she is already dead.

14. What does Felicity tell the interviewer to undermine Claire?
(a) Talks about how beautiful Claire is.
(b) Tells Agnes that she wishes Claire were there.
(c) Talks about how much Claire helps her.
(d) Tells the interviewer that Agnes doesn't love her.

15. What does Brian say about day-to-day basis life can be?
(a) Sad.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Amusing.
(d) Impersonal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Brian end his interview?

2. Which of the following best describes how Joe feels about talking to a voice when he is unable to see the person?

3. How many terminally ill people are in this play?

4. What does Joe believe his illness has made him more of?

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

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