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

2. Which of the following best describes the situation of being interviewed by someone you cannot see?
(a) Definitive.
(b) Unusual.
(c) Routine.
(d) Regular.

3. What happens in Brian's recurring dream?
(a) Everyone he knows appears and calls his name.
(b) Maggie calls for him but he cannot reach her.
(c) No one can hear him call their name.
(d) He is lost and all alone unable to find his way.

4. Which of the following best describes how Joe feels about talking to a voice when he is unable to see the person?
(a) Awkward.
(b) Surprised.
(c) Judgmental.
(d) Resigned.

5. What is unique about where Joe is staying?
(a) It has enough rooms for all of his family.
(b) It is designed to allow his body to heal.
(c) It has no privacy as people can see into the cottage at all times.
(d) It is a specially equipped cottage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maggie talk to Joe about at first?

2. What is the main topic of this play?

3. What does Agnes do that causes Felicity to chastise her and launch into a bawdy song?

4. What is Beverly obsessed with?

5. Who does Felicity say Agnes is like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Beverly and Mark agree about in regards to Brian?

2. Why does Mark want Beverly to leave the cottage?

3. What does Joe tell the interviewer about his wife Maggie and her understanding of his condition?

4. How does Felicity feel about her treatment so far at the hospital and where does she sometimes think she is?

5. How does Beverly react to Mark's information about Brian's condition?

6. What happens when Beverly finishes her dance performance?

7. What specifically about his illness has made Joe very angry?

8. Why did Brian's wife leave him?

9. What is the main plot line of the play, The Shadow Box?

10. What is Brian's profession and how does he feel his work has been affected by his condition?

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