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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mr. Easter make Rose uncomfortable?
(a) He asks to see her mother.
(b) He berates her for her behavior at work earlier that day.
(c) He tells her he loves her.
(d) He pressures her into letting him upstairs and forces a kiss.

2. What does Mr. Maurrant do when Willie appears, crying?
(a) He hugs his son.
(b) He leaves to go after whoever had hurt his son.
(c) He spanks his son.
(d) He yells at both his wife and son.

3. For whom is the ice cream that Agnes Cushing buys?
(a) Her elderly mother whom she takes care of.
(b) Herself.
(c) The women on the stoop.
(d) Her son.

4. What is Rose doing as her father gets back from the bar?
(a) Sitting on the stoop crying.
(b) Looking out the window.
(c) Walking into the apartment.
(d) Searching through her purse for her keys.

5. What is one reason why Mr. Maurrant does not like foreigners?
(a) They come to America, trying to change things.
(b) They do not speak English.
(c) They are rude.
(d) They smell funny.

6. Who does Mrs. Jones say do not know anything about raising babies?
(a) Foreigners.
(b) The poor.
(c) The wealthy.
(d) New Yorkers.

7. How does the scene end?
(a) Both Sam and Rose go into their respective apartments.
(b) Rose is sitting alone with her head in her hands.
(c) Sam is sitting on the steps, smiling.
(d) With Sam sitting alone with his head in his hands.

8. What do the neighbors do when Ms. Simpson argues with Mrs. Hildebrand?
(a) They agree with Ms. Simpson.
(b) They go to their respective homes.
(c) They stand up for Mrs. Hildebrand.
(d) They sit quietly and watch.

9. What do the women do, after Mr. Sankey's arrival?
(a) They go back to their previous activities.
(b) They discuss the quality of the milk he sells.
(c) They wonder why Mr. Sankey is at the apartment.
(d) They disparage Mrs. Maurrant's character, one of them calling her a whore.

10. What opinion does Mrs. Maurrant try to quietly assert?
(a) Everyone should research the best options for improving the economy, rather than arguing over what they do not understand.
(b) Everyone should find a job and quit complaining.
(c) Everyone should try to make the best of their lives.
(d) Everyone should be able to live in peace and accept each other's differences.

11. Why does Willie ask his mother for a dime?
(a) For a piece of gum.
(b) For a candybar.
(c) For an ice cream cone.
(d) For an icee.

12. When will Mrs. Hildebrand and her children be thrown out of their apartment?
(a) In one week.
(b) In one month.
(c) Next week.
(d) Tomorrow.

13. Who tries to help Rose by yelling at Vincent?
(a) Mr. Maurrant.
(b) Mr. Buchanan.
(c) Sam Kaplan.
(d) Mr. Jones.

14. What do the women gossip about, regarding Mrs. Maurrant?
(a) A man named Sankey has visited her for the third time this week.
(b) She is rude and disrespectful towards the other tenants.
(c) She is new to the neighborhood, so they discuss what they know of her.
(d) Her husband is unkind to her, and she should divorce him.

15. How do the ladies brush off Mr. Maurrant' mood?
(a) That is just the way he is.
(b) He has a stressful job.
(c) All men just want to get their way.
(d) Mrs. Maurrant does not do her job.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Shirley Kaplan ask her father to turn his reading lamp off?

2. Who leads the rants about the current demise of society, the higher divorce rate, premarital sex, smoking, birth control, and hippies?

3. What is Greta Fiorentino wearing?

4. What does Kaplan believe will no longer be necessary once there is no more personal property?

5. What is the lighting on the stage?

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