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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3 (pages 26-44).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ancient food item does Ouisa say is in the freezer when Paul offers to make dinner?
(a) Peas
(b) Steak
(c) Ice Cream
(d) Chicken

2. A painting by what artist hangs above the stage during the play?
(a) Kandinsky
(b) de Kooning
(c) Cezanne
(d) Motherwell

3. What taciturn promise does Paul make the Kittredges and Geoffrey before the latter leaves?
(a) He will pay them back for the shirt
(b) They can be in Cats
(c) They can have dinner with his father
(d) He will cook for them again sometime

4. How much money does Flan need to convince Geoffrey to loan him at the beginning of Act 1?
(a) $500,000
(b) $2,000,000
(c) $1,000,000
(d) $3,000,000

5. What negative world does Ouisa repeat over and over throughout the first couple minutes of the play?
(a) Awful
(b) Horrific
(c) Ghastly
(d) Terrifying

Short Answer Questions

1. What movie does Paul mention won Sidney Poitier his only Oscar?

2. Flan is shocked that his son lets Paul call him what?

3. What Christian prayer do Flan and Ouisa recite at the beginning of Act 1?

4. When does the Kittredge's housekeeper come in?

5. In Paul's description of his father, Sidney Poitier claims that growing up his family was so poor they did not even own what?

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