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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 do the women wonder about Sam Kaplan?
(a) If he is available.
(b) Why he seems to like Rose.
(c) What is wrong with the young man.
(d) Why he is not married.

2. Who leads the rants about the current demise of society, the higher divorce rate, premarital sex, smoking, birth control, and hippies?
(a) Mr. Jones.
(b) Mrs. Jones.
(c) Mr. Kaplan.
(d) Mr. Maurrant.

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

4. Why does Mr. Buchanan rush out of the building?
(a) The building is on fire.
(b) He forgot to buy groceries.
(c) He is chasing after his wife.
(d) His wife is in labor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rose tell Mr. Easter that he must leave?

2. What do the women gossip about, regarding Mrs. Maurrant?

3. When will Mrs. Hildebrand and her children be thrown out of their apartment?

4. What does Rose do when Sam kisses her?

5. What does Mrs. Jones tell the group about marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Maurrant say to Rose?

2. What does Shirley tell Rose about her brother?

3. What is happening to the Hildebrand family?

4. How is it evident that Mr. Maurrant is not only a grouch but also not a good father?

5. How does this scene show that Mr. Buchanan is a good husband?

6. What does Mr. Easter ask Mrs. Jones? What is her reply?

7. On what does Rose blame her father's attitude? What is Mrs. Maurrant's reaction?

8. How does the audience know Mr. Maurrant's personality immediately?

9. Describe the lighting and the character in the window.

10. How does the play end similarly to how it begins?

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