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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Brian respond when he sees Beverly at the cottage?
(a) He talks about her dress and all of the jewelry she wears.
(b) He asks her where Brian is.
(c) He asks her if she is happy in her new life.
(d) He tells her to leave and that he doesn't want to see her.

2. What caused Maggie and Steve to come to see Joe?
(a) They insisted that they had to come one last time.
(b) He begged them to come and visit.
(c) The hospital insisted that they come immediately.
(d) He no longer has the option to go home.

3. How does Felicity says that she and Claire communicate?
(a) Writing.
(b) They do not communicate.
(c) Personal visits.
(d) Phone calls.

4. Why is Joe's interview halted?
(a) Joe has become ill.
(b) Joe has asked for a break.
(c) His family has arrived.
(d) Another patient needs the interviewer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did this play win both a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award?

2. Which of the following is the best synonym for the term affable?

3. What ends the tension between Beverly and Mark?

4. What hope does Joe have in regards to Maggie's visit?

5. Which f the following is an accurate definition of the term shadow box?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joe feel about his life as he sits reminiscing with his wife?

2. What did Agnes finally do to try and give her mother the will to live again?

3. What is wrong with Joe and why is he staying in the cottages?

4. What does Brian think would help people and allow them to better off if they would admit?

5. Why did Brian's wife leave him?

6. Why did Joe discourage his wife and son from spending the money and time to come visit him in the hospital?

7. How did Felicity handle the news about her daughter's death?

8. Describe how the stage would look as the play opens.

9. What thoughts turn Maggie's fear into anger?

10. What happens when Beverly finishes her dance performance?

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