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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 good time.
(c) An okay time.
(d) A lousy time.

2. What type of friends are John and Timmy talking about in the second scene of the play?
(a) Common.
(b) New.
(c) Old.
(d) Future.

3. 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 missing.
(d) They are still in the war.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the result of the game John and Timmy saw?

2. What does John contend about Timmy to Nettie?

3. What is there evidence of in Act 1, Scene 1, from the night before?

4. What is Timmy doing when the play opens?

5. What does Timmy do when he returns at the end of the third scene?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference in the way Nettie and John are handling Timmy's decision to leave?

2. How does John's mood in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2 compare to earlier scenes?

3. How do Timmy and John appear at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2, and what is the reason for their mood?

4. How does Nettie's mood change about the roses in Act 1, Scene 2, and why?

5. What does Timmy offer at the end of Act 1, Scene 3, and what does John reveal to Nettie?

6. What is Nettie's initial reaction to the flowers?

7. What happens between Nettie and Timmy in Scene 1 that symbolizes their relationship at this point in the play?

8. What is the reason Timmy gives his father for leaving?

9. What is interesting about the way John and Timmy react to Nettie's disappearance?

10. What does Timmy tell John that he argued with Nettie about and why?

(see the answer keys)

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