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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John pretend he is doing as he hears someone coming in the beginning of the play?
(a) Making breakfast.
(b) Making lunch.
(c) Cleaning the table off.
(d) Reading the newspaper.

2. How does Timmy make decisions, according to John?
(a) He follows Nettie's lead.
(b) He makes his own.
(c) He listens to his friends.
(d) He follows John's lead.

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

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

5. What do Timmy and John do after Nettie responds to the roses?
(a) Change the subject.
(b) Ask her questions.
(c) Begin reading the newspaper.
(d) Shake their heads.

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

7. 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 aspirin.
(c) She sends him to the store to buy more roses.
(d) She sends him to bed.

8. How long was Timmy in the army for?
(a) Two years.
(b) Four years.
(c) One year.
(d) Three years.

9. What is Nettie concerned about as Timmy and John continue to sing?
(a) That they will be evicted.
(b) That they will sing out of tune.
(c) That they will forget the lyrics.
(d) That they will wake the neighbors.

10. What does John consider impressive about Timmy's jacket?
(a) The bars and medals.
(b) How clean it is.
(c) How big it is.
(d) Its color.

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

12. What does Nettie tell John after she gets the aspirin?
(a) It was nice of him to pay for dinner.
(b) It was nice of him to pay for the show.
(c) It was nice of him to go to the game.
(d) It was nice of him to get her the roses.

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

14. What type of flowers did Nettie's father used to send to her?
(a) Daisies.
(b) Roses.
(c) Carnations.
(d) Tulips.

15. What happens to the vase after Nettie throws the roses?
(a) It breaks in half.
(b) It shatters.
(c) It remains intact.
(d) John catches it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story is told in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. What is interesting about the howls at the end of the second scene of Act 1?

3. What does Nettie reject in the third scene?

4. What are Timmy and John doing as Nettie enters the apartment in the second scene of Act 1?

5. What does Nettie do with the roses in Act 1, Scene 3?

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