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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John do at the end of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Yells as he is walking away.
(b) Begins to cry as he walks away.
(c) Laughs and walks away.
(d) Turns and walks away.

2. What does Timmy tell John the argument he had with Nettie was about?
(a) Her mother.
(b) His drinking.
(c) John.
(d) What he found in her purse.

3. What did Nettie have at the time she met John?
(a) A lot of money.
(b) Common sense.
(c) Other marriage proposals.
(d) A good career.

4. What does Nettie have in her purse that makes it so heavy?
(a) Gold bars.
(b) A book.
(c) Coins.
(d) A bowling ball.

5. What does Nettie admit to Timmy as they talk in the first scene of Act 2?
(a) That she will never forgive her son.
(b) That she will never understand her husband.
(c) That she will never forgive her husband.
(d) That she will never understand her son.

6. What did Timmy deny his father the chance to do earlier in the day?
(a) Buy his son clothes.
(b) Show his son off.
(c) Buy his son lunch.
(d) Lecture his son.

7. Whom did Timmy blame for things when he left home?
(a) John.
(b) No one.
(c) Himself.
(d) Nettie.

8. Why does Nettie say that she came back?
(a) Because she is too cowardly to stay gone.
(b) Because she was too afraid to stay out in the dark.
(c) Because she missed John.
(d) Because she missed Timmy.

9. What does John caution Timmy about his drinking?
(a) John does not caution Timmy about his drinking.
(b) That it is causing him to become paranoid.
(c) That it puts him in a bad mood.
(d) That he is doing too much of it.

10. What does John say about the meal at Nettie's mother's house?
(a) That he will try to be there.
(b) That he will not be there.
(c) That he doesn't understand why he has to be there.
(d) That he will be there.

11. How long was Nettie away for?
(a) Twelve hours.
(b) Eleven Hours.
(c) Five hours.
(d) Eight hours.

12. How does Nettie describe the experience of being gone?
(a) Frustrating.
(b) Amazing.
(c) Educational.
(d) Freeing.

13. What does Nettie sense as Timmy walks into the room in the third scene of Act 2?
(a) That he does not understand why she is sitting there.
(b) That he understands why she is sitting there.
(c) That he wants to tell her something.
(d) That he does not know what to say.

14. What is the only light in the apartment as Nettie is there alone?
(a) The lamp.
(b) The light from underneath Timmy's door.
(c) The light from the kitchen.
(d) A street light from outside.

15. How does John leave the room in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) He leaves quietly, ignoring everyone.
(b) He slams the door.
(c) He runs out quickly.
(d) He says goodbye and walks out normally.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is John doing in the first scene of Act 2?

2. What does Nettie's mother not like?

3. How long has Nettie been away from home for?

4. What day does the second act of the play take place on?

5. What did Nettie realize when she met John for the first time?

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