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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 happens between Vincent and Sam?
(a) They have a heated debate.
(b) They get into a physical altercation.
(c) They glare at one another.
(d) They get into an argument.

2. Who does Alice Simpson represent?
(a) The government.
(b) Child and family services.
(c) A bank.
(d) A charity.

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

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

5. What is Sam Kaplan's opinion of the concert he had just seen?
(a) He liked the type of music; it just was not played well.
(b) He did not like the type of music that was played.
(c) He enjoyed the music.
(d) It was the best one he had ever been to.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ms. Simpson do before leaving?

2. What does Mrs. Jones not understand about the Kaplans?

3. Who tries to help Rose by yelling at Vincent?

4. How does Mr. Sankey look?

5. How does Mr. Maurrant look when he arrives home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the women do as soon as Mrs. Maurrant leaves and is out of ear shot?

2. How does Shirley hurt Rose? How does she apologize?

3. How does Mrs. Maurrant react when Mrs. Jones tells her not to let her daughter get involved with a Jew? Why does everyone insist she not date a Jew?

4. What has happened to Mrs. Buchanan?

5. How do the others explain Mr. Maurrant's mood?

6. What character opens Act 2? What is he or she doing? What does this say about this character?

7. What does Mrs. Maurrant have in her hands as she enters the scene? Why does she have this?

8. How are Shirley and Rose's beliefs about the mingling of cultures different?

9. How does Mrs. Jones continue to make racist remarks?

10. What does Mr. Kaplan believe is the cause of the troubles in the world?

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