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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Philip need Paris to accompany him?
(a) To make his mother worry
(b) To soothe him from fear
(c) To save him from himself
(d) As payback to Mollie

2. What has Philip taken with him in the early morning after asking Paris to come away with him?
(a) Paris
(b) Mollie
(c) A gun
(d) The car

3. Which character is the most capable of showing personal affection as seen especially in Act 3?
(a) Mollie
(b) Paris
(c) John
(d) Mother Lovejoy

4. What does Philip consider the power of love to be?
(a) Depressing
(b) Powerful
(c) Inspiring
(d) Joyful

5. What is the core reason or feeling why Paris does not go with his father?
(a) Disobedience
(b) True fear
(c) Intuition
(d) Faith

6. Why is Mollie the square root of wonderful?
(a) Because she is the source of pride
(b) Because she is the source of passion
(c) Because she is the source of growing love
(d) Because she is the source of family

7. Which character tries most to console Mollie in her most desperate, grieving time?
(a) Mother Lovejoy
(b) John
(c) Sister
(d) Paris

8. What is Philip's rationale for escaping with Paris?
(a) They need to start over
(b) He must prove his is not mad
(c) Philip needs to find work
(d) Nothing else has worked to gain Mollie's love back

9. What literary device is John's story of his struggle to save the drowning sailor best described as?
(a) An anecdote
(b) An analogy
(c) A simile
(d) A metaphor

10. What is name of the character who first comments on the furnishings in Paris's house?
(a) Mother Lovejoy
(b) Sister
(c) Hattie
(d) Mollie

11. With Mollie's bags packed, what does Mollie intend to do?
(a) To teach Mother Lovejoy a lesson
(b) To threaten to leave
(c) To scare Philip
(d) To leave her family

12. What does Paris accuse his father of being to come up with such an idea of leaving?
(a) Tired
(b) High
(c) Drunk
(d) Hungover

13. What is Philip inevitably intending to do because he cannot solve his own problems?
(a) Run away
(b) Kill himself
(c) Kill Mollie
(d) Kidnap his son

14. What is Philip ultimately seeking as he is making his escape and intending to end his life?
(a) Comfort
(b) Satisfaction
(c) Happiness
(d) Acceptance

15. What does Paris think that all the talk of the new house sounds like?
(a) The square root of terrific
(b) The square root of sin
(c) The square root of grief
(d) The square root of wonderful

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Paris and his mother moving to?

2. What is the story that John tells when relating to Paris's story regarding his father?

3. What will John provide for his new family that Philip was unable to provide?

4. When does Philip wake after his last tirade?

5. Who does Mollie blame for Philip's death?

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