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

2. What does Beverly chastise Mark about?
(a) His cool demeanor as he talks about Brian's condition.
(b) His housekeeping skills.
(c) His treatment of her as she visits Brian.
(d) His refusal to have a cocktail with her.

3. Where are Maggie and Steve while Joe is hospitalized?
(a) East coast.
(b) Northwest.
(c) West coast.
(d) Southern plains.

4. What does Joe tell the interviewer was his first reaction to learning about his terminal condition?
(a) Surprise.
(b) Anger.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Fear.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Steve chide his mother about never being able to do?

2. How does Joe react to what Maggie has done to Steve?

3. What is Brian doing all of the time that he is unsure of the cause of?

4. What is located in the interview area?

5. What does Brian say about day-to-day basis life can be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changed Joe's opinion about Maggie and Steve visiting him?

2. What admission does Maggie make to Joe about their son Steve?

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

4. What happens when Maggie and Steve arrive at Joe's cottage?

5. Why did Brian's wife leave him?

6. What was Joe's reaction to learning that his condition had become terminal?

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

8. How does Maggie feel about going into the cottage?

9. How did Agnes describe Felicity after her husband died?

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

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