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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. Who says, "Losers never like music"?
(a) Wilkie.
(b) Easter.
(c) Ellicott.
(d) Mossie.

2. Two people utter the phrase, "and that's where I've got to quit" in the first act of "Days to Come." Who are they?
(a) Ellicott and Cora.
(b) Andrew and Julie.
(c) Julie and Ellicott.
(d) Cora and Andrew.

3. According to Mr. Marshall, Chicago will be at whose feet?
(a) Birdie's.
(b) Ben's.
(c) Alexandra's.
(d) Regina's.

4. Approximately how old is Addie?
(a) 55.
(b) 70.
(c) 25.
(d) 40.

5. In Act III of "The Children's Hour," what does Mrs. Tilford come to tell Karen?
(a) That she's going away.
(b) That she was wrong.
(c) That she wants the school to open again.
(d) That she's ready to die.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the setting for "Little Foxes"?

2. What does Addie bring for Birdie, Horace, and Alexandra to snack on in Act III?

3. Who advises Andrew to stay away from downtown?

4. Who is the town's judge in "Days to Come"?

5. According to Andrew, who made him a murderer?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Tilford find out that she was wrong to accuse Karen and Martha?

2. Who is Lily Mortar?

3. In "The Little Foxes," Birdie cries out at the end of Act I. What reason does she give Alexandra, and what really happened?

4. Who tells Mrs. Tilford that Mary is a strange and bad girl and why?

5. What does the staging information for the beginning of Act III in "Days to Come" reveal?

6. "The Children's Hour" was author Lillian Hellman's first play. Who did she dedicate it to?

7. What does Oscar think about shooting for sport?

8. Why does everyone want Horace to come home?

9. Why does Mossie kill Easter?

10. Why is Whalen trying to keep the laborers from fighting with the strike breakers?

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