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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is interesting about the howls at the end of the second scene of Act 1?
(a) They become softer.
(b) They become louder.
(c) They become shorter.
(d) They become longer.

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

3. What is Nettie doing as Act 1, Scene 3 ends?
(a) Crying.
(b) Looking at the roses.
(c) Picking up the roses.
(d) Yelling.

4. How often did Nettie's father send her flowers?
(a) Every few years.
(b) Every other year.
(c) A few times a year.
(d) Every year.

5. What kind of roses does Timmy have for Nettie in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Pink.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

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

7. What does John contend about Timmy to Nettie?
(a) He is still a boy.
(b) He will always be a boy.
(c) He has never been a boy.
(d) He is no longer a boy.

8. Where are Nettie, John, and Timmy returning from as the third scene begins?
(a) A relative's house.
(b) A trip out of state.
(c) A friend's house.
(d) A night on the town.

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

10. What kind of a time are the three main characters of the play having towards the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) An unpredictable time.
(b) A lousy time.
(c) A good time.
(d) An okay time.

11. What is Nettie trying to do when the third scene begins?
(a) Stop crying.
(b) Quiet John and Timmy down.
(c) Stop laughing.
(d) Listen to John and Timmy's conversation.

12. What New York City do the Clearys live in?
(a) New York.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) West Bronx.
(d) Queens.

13. Who is howling at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Timmy.
(b) Timmy and John.
(c) John.
(d) Nettie, Timmy, and John.

14. What is there evidence of in Act 1, Scene 1, from the night before?
(a) A fight.
(b) A poker game.
(c) A party.
(d) An accident.

15. How does John comment on Nettie's dress in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) He likes it.
(b) He hates it.
(c) He has never seen it before.
(d) He wishes she didn't pay so much for it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many chairs are there in the apartment as the play opens?

2. What does Timmy think of his father's intelligence?

3. How does Timmy make decisions, according to John?

4. Who is playing in the game Timmy asks his father to go to?

5. What year does the play, "The Subject was Roses", take place in?

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