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

2. Why does the group begin to break up?
(a) They must go to work.
(b) It is becoming too hot.
(c) They are leaving to go to bed.
(d) They are tired of arguing.

3. How does Rose feel about Mr. Easter?
(a) Deep down she likes him but knows he is married.
(b) He is creepy and unreliable.
(c) She does not feel right about what he is asking of her.
(d) He is a kind man who can give her what she needs.

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

5. Why does Shirley Kaplan ask her father to turn his reading lamp off?
(a) The light is bothering her.
(b) He is wasting electricity.
(c) It was increasing the temperature in their apartment.
(d) The room is bright enough without it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a constant throughout the play?

3. How do the ladies brush off Mr. Maurrant' mood?

4. What is Greta Fiorentino wearing?

5. Why does Willie ask his mother for a dime?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the women so interested in Mr. Buchanan?

2. What does Shirley tell Rose about her brother?

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

4. What marriage advice does Lippo give to Rose?

5. How does the audience meet Shirley Kaplan?

6. What does Mrs. Maurrant tell her daughter she has tried to do?

7. Why does Alice Simpson berate Mrs. Hildebrand?

8. How does Shirley sound like many teachers today?

9. 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?

10. How does the scene begin? What are the movers and police doing?

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