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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where would Mrs. Maurrant like to go that evening, but her daughter has not come home yet?
(a) To the concert in the park .
(b) To a Broadway show.
(c) Out to dinner.
(d) To the movies.

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

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

4. What does Ms. Simpson do before leaving?
(a) She makes Mrs. Hildebrand assign an agreement.
(b) She makes an offensive comment about Jews to Kaplan.
(c) She glares at all of the tenants.
(d) She yells at the neighbors on the stoop.

5. What is Sam doing when he and Rose are left alone?
(a) He is hugging Rose.
(b) He is sitting silently on the curb.
(c) He is pacing the sidewalk.
(d) He sits on the stoop sobbing and calls himself a coward.

6. What does Rose do when Sam kisses her?
(a) They are both timid and shy.
(b) His embrace is timide, while hers is passionate.
(c) They embrace one another passionately.
(d) His embrace is passionate, yet she does not respond.

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

8. Over what do they argue?
(a) Where foreigners should live.
(b) The history of the United States.
(c) The person who discovered America, Leif Erickson or Christopher Columbus.
(d) Who is considered a foreigner.

9. 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 try to make the best of their lives.
(c) Everyone should be able to live in peace and accept each other's differences.
(d) Everyone should find a job and quit complaining.

10. What are Mae Jones and Dick McGann doing as Rose passes them?
(a) Dancing around, inebriated.
(b) Sitting on the curb.
(c) Sitting on the stoop.
(d) Kissing on a bench.

11. Why do the neighbors get into a discussion about labor unions, the working class, and America's prosperity?
(a) They are discussing The Crash and how it has hurt the economy.
(b) Mr. Kaplan believes capitalism is going to be build up the economy.
(c) Kaplan believes it is the capitalist structure of the country that is harmful.
(d) They are complaining about their homes and lack of work.

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

13. Upon what do the other women agree?
(a) Their older girls are never home.
(b) They love this neighborhood.
(c) They want to move out of New York City.
(d) Their families are annoying.

14. What is the audience able to see of this building?
(a) The first floor windows and the bottom of the second story. To the left there is a partial view of the attached building, a storage warehouse under heavy construction. The house to the right is being demolished.
(b) A typical looking suburban home with toys lying around in the front yard.
(c) The front of this old Victorian home, lined with bushes and flowerbeds.
(d) The first five floors of the highrise aparment, a sign for valet parking, and a large awning over the entrance.

15. Where does Mr. Easter tell Rose he will find her a job?
(a) In a hotel.
(b) In a bank.
(c) In a factory.
(d) On stage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Greta Fiorentino wearing?

2. What does Sam do at Rose's request?

3. What does Rose's father ask about Mr. Easter?

4. On what does Mr. Maurrant lecture his wife?

5. What happens when Mr. Sankey arrives?

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