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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nettie respond to Timmy at the end of Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) She ignores him.
(b) She sends him to the store to buy more roses.
(c) She sends him to bed.
(d) She sends him to the store to buy more aspirin.

2. What story is told in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) The story of how Timmy was born.
(b) The story of Timmy's first birthday.
(c) The story of how Nettie and John met.
(d) The story of Nettie and John's marriage.

3. What type of prayer will John stop and say?
(a) A prayer for help.
(b) A long prayer.
(c) A short prayer.
(d) A prayer of Thanksgiving.

4. What does Nettie say after seeing the flowers in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) She thanks Timmy.
(b) She thanks both Timmy and John.
(c) She thanks John.
(d) She asks what the occasion is.

5. What is Timmy doing when the play opens?
(a) Reading.
(b) Sitting on the couch.
(c) Sitting at the table.
(d) Sleeping.

6. How does Nettie respond when John embraces her in the third scene of Act 1?
(a) She is surprised.
(b) She does not even notice.
(c) She is disgusted.
(d) She is confused.

7. When does John tell Timmy they will buy new clothes?
(a) Monday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Tuesday.

8. What year does the play, "The Subject was Roses", take place in?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1946.

9. What is John wondering as he and Timmy talk about the war in the second scene of Act 1?
(a) How the war ended so quickly.
(b) What kind of politician he would make.
(c) What kind of soldier he would make.
(d) Why the war lasted so long.

10. What are Nettie and Timmy doing after they dance?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Talking.
(c) Singing.
(d) Crying.

11. What room is John Cleary standing in as the play begins?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The living room.
(c) The bedroom.
(d) The dining room.

12. What does John do with Timmy's jacket in the first scene?
(a) Turns it around.
(b) Hangs it on the wall.
(c) Puts it away.
(d) Tries it on.

13. How is Nettie responding to Timmy and John's behavior in the beginning of Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) She is ignoring it.
(b) She is following their lead.
(c) She is laughing at it.
(d) She is losing her patience.

14. What does John tell Nettie to do with regards to Timmy and his activities?
(a) Lecture him.
(b) Ease up on him.
(c) Watch him carefully.
(d) Ignore him.

15. What is Nettie preparing for Timmy in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Waffles.
(b) Oatmeal.
(c) Toast.
(d) Scrambled eggs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Timmy and John do after Nettie responds to the roses?

2. What was the occasion that Nettie's father would send her flowers?

3. How does Nettie initially feel about the roses?

4. What dance are Nettie and Timmy doing at the end of the first scene?

5. How does Nettie react to the flowers when she first sees them?

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