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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. What morning is it when the play opens?
(a) Monday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Saturday.

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

4. What is Nettie getting for Timmy's room?
(a) Wallpaper.
(b) A desk.
(c) Curtains.
(d) A lamp.

5. What are John and Timmy doing as they enter the apartment in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Chatting.
(c) Singing.
(d) Arguing.

6. How does Nettie react to the flowers when she first sees them?
(a) She laughs.
(b) She cries.
(c) She jumps up and down.
(d) She smiles.

7. What does John have scheduled on the day the play opens?
(a) A meeting with a friend.
(b) A lunch with his boss.
(c) An appointment.
(d) A job interview.

8. What dance are Nettie and Timmy doing at the end of the first scene?
(a) The Charleston.
(b) The waltz.
(c) The twist.
(d) The fox trot.

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

10. What is Nettie carrying as she enters the room in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Pictures.
(c) A box.
(d) Groceries.

11. What does Timmy think of his father's intelligence?
(a) He is uninformed.
(b) He is slightly above average.
(c) He is slightly below average.
(d) He is wise.

12. What are Timmy and John doing as Nettie enters the apartment in the second scene of Act 1?
(a) Making lunch.
(b) Telling stories.
(c) Reading the newspaper.
(d) Telling jokes.

13. What has happened to many of the local boys who also went off to war?
(a) They returned safely.
(b) They were killed or badly injured.
(c) They are still in the war.
(d) They are missing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of prayer will John stop and say?

2. Where does Timmy go in the beginning of the third scene?

3. How does Nettie respond when John embraces her in the third scene of Act 1?

4. How does Nettie initially feel about the roses?

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

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