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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jim respond to Dr. Bellman's decision in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) He is unresponsive.
(b) He is confused.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is surprised.

2. How does Jim feel as the final act of the play ends?
(a) Scared.
(b) Suicidal.
(c) Trapped.
(d) Happy.

3. What are the doctors trying to uncover in the second scene of Act 3?
(a) If Jim is losing his temper.
(b) If Jim is suicidal.
(c) If Jim is crazy.
(d) If Jim is acting.

4. What has Ann told the school?
(a) That Jim will not be returning.
(b) That Jim will be returning shortly.
(c) That Jim will be returning in a few months.
(d) That Jim will be on vacation until next year.

5. What causes Jim to lose his patience in the last scene in Act 2?
(a) He is starting to forget things.
(b) He wants a cigarette.
(c) He cannot get to sleep.
(d) His question is not answered.

6. What is the patient doing as they are taken out in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Kicking and screaming.
(b) Throwing punches at the attendants.
(c) Threatening Miss Wingate.
(d) Staying quiet.

7. According to Ann, who thinks that Jim should stay in the hospital?
(a) Dr. Schlesinger.
(b) Dr. Bellman.
(c) Miss Wingate.
(d) Dr. Barrow.

8. Where does Jim go as the third scene in Act 3 ends?
(a) To "seven."
(b) Back to the ward.
(c) To the doctor's office.
(d) To the parking lot.

9. How does Jim respond to Tom's suggestion?
(a) He wants to think about it.
(b) He agrees.
(c) He refuses.
(d) He is confused by it.

10. How has Jim been behaving as the group assesses in the second scene of Act 3?
(a) Pleasantly.
(b) Nervously.
(c) Conspicuously.
(d) Strangely.

11. What does Tom ask Jim about?
(a) His intentions with Ann.
(b) His intentions with his job.
(c) The quality of food in the hospital.
(d) The competence of the doctors.

12. When is Dr. Bellman planning on releasing Jim, according to his conversation with Ann in the third scene of Act 3?
(a) Two days from now.
(b) The next day.
(c) The next week.
(d) Three days from now.

13. How many attendants does it take to escort the patient out in the third scene of Act 2?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

14. According to Tom, what do some of the other family members think?
(a) That Ann is crazy.
(b) That a reconciliation between Jim and Ann is the best idea.
(c) That Jim is crazy.
(d) That a reconciliation between Jim and Ann might not be a good idea.

15. How is Jim's mood as the fifth scene in Act 2 ends?
(a) He is mournful.
(b) He is confused.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is optimistic.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jim say goodbye to Ann in Act 3, Scene 3?

2. What idea does Tom have for Jim?

3. What does Miss Wingate give to Jim in Act 2, Scene 3?

4. Who is also invited to the conversation that is happening in the very beginning of the second scene in Act 3?

5. What does Jim do after talking with Ann in Act 3, Part 4?

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