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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Trent ironically describe his rich friends to Paul?
(a) A lost generation
(b) Hopelessly romantic
(c) Hand to mouth
(d) Desperate and longing

2. In what state does Paul tell Rick and Elizabeth he sill finally reunite with his father?
(a) Connecticut
(b) Maine
(c) Massachusetts
(d) Vermont

3. What key information about Paul does Ouisa not have in her search for him?
(a) His name
(b) His arresting officer
(c) His charges
(d) His age

4. Near the end of the play, Ouisa that she has plenty of color in her life, but none of this?
(a) Structure
(b) Form
(c) Passion
(d) Shading

5. Paul tells Ouisa he did not like Kitty and Larkin for what reason?
(a) They were too eager to please
(b) They talked too much
(c) They were dull
(d) They left him alone

6. What news does Tess blurt out to Ouisa in this section?
(a) She is gay
(b) She is pregnant
(c) She is dropping out of school
(d) She is getting married

7. Which of the following is not among the "charges" the Kittredges and Larkin list to the Detective regarding Paul?
(a) He sent them flowers
(b) He told them about Catcher in the Rye
(c) He claimed to be the son of Sidney Poitier
(d) He made them dinner

8. Who did Paul claim his prostitute was the night he stayed at Kitty and Larkin's?
(a) A friend from school
(b) A homeless person
(c) A delivery boy
(d) A burglar

9. What does Paul say he wants from the Kittredges in this section?
(a) Freedom
(b) Acceptance
(c) Money
(d) Friendship

10. How does Paul describe the imagination in this section?
(a) Your sunset voice
(b) Your ever-badgering voice
(c) Your child's voice
(d) Your 4 AM voice

11. Which chic New York eatery does Paul "treat" Rick to in this section?
(a) The Four Seasons
(b) Le Cirque
(c) The Rainbow Room
(d) Tavern on the Green

12. In the second excerpt from This Life that the parents read, what does Poitier warn his readers against doing regarding their children?
(a) Ignoring them
(b) Protecting them
(c) Smothering them
(d) Condescending them

13. Which of Chekhov's three sister's does Elizabeth decide she wants to play first?
(a) Irina
(b) Masha
(c) She cannot decide
(d) Olga

14. Elizabeth and Rick say they live above New York's last what?
(a) Roller disco
(b) Cigar bar
(c) Billiard club
(d) Swing club

15. In this section, Doug tells his father that his mother says sleeping with him was like sleeping with what food?
(a) A salad with bad dressing
(b) A rotting fish
(c) A pasta dish with too much garlic
(d) An old bowl of borscht

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Kitty not spoken to her children when she tells Ouisa and Flan their story?

2. Which of the following children does not come down from Harvard in this section?

3. Which of the following items is not among those Paul stole from Trent when he left?

4. Which Greek playwright is Ouisa said to have mockingly mentioned after seeing Cats?

5. Which of the following is not a college that Paul lists Flan's "new" children attending?

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