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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. What have the men been eating during their poker game?
(a) Cucumbers
(b) Apples
(c) Lemons
(d) Watermelon

2. What does Stanley do as he clutches Stella to his chest?
(a) Tells her to make her sister leave
(b) Smiles at Blanche
(c) Gives her more money
(d) Hits her again

3. What does Stanley grab roughly from Blanche's trunk?
(a) The deed
(b) Love letters
(c) A bottle of perfume
(d) Clothing

4. What is Steve and Eunice's last name?
(a) Desire
(b) Smith
(c) Hubbell
(d) Cornell

5. When do Blanche and Stella arrive home?
(a) 4:00
(b) 12:00
(c) 2:30
(d) 3:00

Short Answer Questions

1. What made Blanche's old beau so successful and rich?

2. Who is the one person that Blanches does not meet right away?

3. What does Stanley throw to Stella which amuses Eunice?

4. The legal papers that Stanley finds describe how the DuBois men exchanged the land for their epic ___________.

5. What is Blanche wearing when she steps out of her bath?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Stella reveal about Mitch and what does she think of him?

2. What happens to let Blanche and Stanley to be alone together?

3. What does Blanche suggest they do in order to leave Stanley and the "situation" behind?

4. What happens between Blanche and the teenage boy that comes to collect for the newspaper?

5. Why does Stanley get so upset about the idea of Belle Reve being lost?

6. What is happening between Eunice and Steve at the beginning of scene 5 that frightens Blanche?

7. How could a reader describe Stanley Kowalski?

8. When Stella tells Stanley about the loss of Belle Reve, what is his response?

9. How does Mitch first make small talk with Blanche?

10. What does Stella say is more important to her than any other thing in her relationship?

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