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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4 (pages 45-54).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Paul enters the scene, where does he announce that he attends school with the Kittredges' daughter?
(a) Harvard
(b) Cornell
(c) Yale
(d) Groton

2. To what artist's work does Flan compare his children's paintings in the second grade?
(a) Picasso
(b) Monet
(c) Pollock
(d) Matisse

3. At the beginning of Act 1, what aspect of his state of being does Flan repeatedly mention?
(a) He has a cold sweat
(b) He feels like he will throw up
(c) He is enraged
(d) He is shaking

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

5. At the end of this section, Flan compares not thinking about two million dollars to trying not to think of what animal?
(a) A cow
(b) An ostrich
(c) An elephant
(d) A cat

Short Answer Questions

1. Where on his body has Paul been stabbed when he enters the Kittredges'?

2. According to the saying Ouisa quotes in this section, what do all artists dream of?

3. In the hypothetical script Paul describes his father receiving, what is Poitier's character's profession?

4. A painting by what artist hangs above the stage during the play?

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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