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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Nettie scheduled to start the first job she describes?
(a) Thursday morning.
(b) Thursday afternoon.
(c) Monday morning.
(d) Monday afternoon.

2. What was it about John that drew her to him, as Nettie explains?
(a) Courtesy.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Intensity.
(d) Arrogance.

3. What does John call Nettie and Timmy, according to Timmy?
(a) Too similar.
(b) A force.
(c) An alliance.
(d) Too distant.

4. Why does Timmy say that he was not looking forward to his father coming home?
(a) His parents would ignore each other again.
(b) His father and his mother would fight again.
(c) He and his father would fight again.
(d) His father would lecture him about his drinking.

5. How long has Nettie been away from home for?
(a) All day.
(b) Four hours.
(c) A couple of hours.
(d) Two days.

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

7. What is Nettie's idea of a vacation?
(a) To stay home and relax.
(b) To visit friends.
(c) To travel.
(d) To get away from John.

8. What time is it as Act 2, Scene 2 begins?
(a) Ten o'clock.
(b) Eleven o'clock.
(c) Nine o'clock.
(d) Eight o'clock.

9. What does Timmy ask his father about the roses?
(a) Why Nettie didn't seem to like them very much.
(b) Why he bought them in the first place.
(c) Why he told Nettie who bought them.
(d) Why he refused to buy them in the first place.

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

11. How long can Nettie not go without seeing her mother, according to Timmy?
(a) Two days.
(b) A week.
(c) Three days.
(d) One day.

12. What does Nettie's mother not like?
(a) Nettie's marriage.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) The amount of time Nettie spends there.
(d) New York.

13. What is John clueless at, as Nettie relates to Timmy?
(a) How to manage a family.
(b) How to manage money.
(c) How to manage a social life.
(d) How to manage his job.

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

15. What did everybody want from John when he and Nettie first met?
(a) To be his friend.
(b) His time.
(c) His advice.
(d) His money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nettie criticize constantly, according to Timmy?

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

3. Whom did Timmy blame for things when he returned home?

4. What can Timmy notice about the way his mother is acting in the third scene of Act 2?

5. What are Nettie and John arguing about as the second act begins?

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