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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. On what does Mr. Maurrant lecture his wife?
(a) How it is her job to make sure his dinner is ready when he comes home.
(b) It is her responsibitilty to make sure the children have all of their homework done.
(c) She should wear more makeup and wear nicer clothes for him.
(d) How it is her responsibility to know where her daughter is, that Rose should not be out so late.

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

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

4. What do the women gossip about, regarding Mrs. Maurrant?
(a) Her husband is unkind to her, and she should divorce him.
(b) She is rude and disrespectful towards the other tenants.
(c) She is new to the neighborhood, so they discuss what they know of her.
(d) A man named Sankey has visited her for the third time this week.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is a constant throughout the play?

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

5. What do the neighbors do when Ms. Simpson argues with Mrs. Hildebrand?

Short Essay Questions

1. What marriage advice does Lippo give to Rose?

2. How does the audience learn Mr. Filippo Fiorentino is Italian?

3. What does Sam say when he interrupts his father and Lippo?

4. Describe Rose's exit.

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

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

7. What does Mrs. Jones tell Mrs. Olsen?

8. What does Shirley tell Rose about her brother?

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

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

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