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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. How does Mr. Sankey look?
(a) Dirty and ragged.
(b) Cheap, dressed in a low quality suit.
(c) Wealthy and expensively dressed.
(d) Nervous and shy.

2. What has the country's heat wave caused?
(a) Milk all around the country to spoil.
(b) The deaths of six people in Chicago.
(c) Sales in ice to rise drastically.
(d) Power outages all around the city.

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

4. What does Kaplan believe will no longer be necessary once there is no more personal property?
(a) Public housing.
(b) Paying rent.
(c) Slums.
(d) The family unit.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Miss Cushing enter the scene excitedly?

2. What opinion does Mrs. Maurrant try to quietly assert?

3. Over what do they argue?

4. What is one reason why Mr. Maurrant does not like foreigners?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Alice Simpson berate Mrs. Hildebrand?

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

3. Why does Rose feel that no one should belong to anyone else?

4. What is a constant throughout the play? Why?

5. What does Rose ask the group? How do they respond?

6. What do the women say about their older daughters?

7. What are Sam's thoughts on God?

8. Why does Rose ask Sam how to act in a synagogue? What is surprising about Sam's response?

9. What do the women do after they invite Mrs. Maurrant to visit?

10. How does the audience know that Mr. Sankey and Mrs. Maurrant are having an affair?

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