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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. Where do Nettie, John, and Timmy decide to go to in the second scene of Act 1?
(a) Another state.
(b) The country.
(c) The city.
(d) The train station.

2. What does John tell Nettie that Timmy deserves?
(a) A new job.
(b) Another party.
(c) More medals.
(d) A little down time.

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

4. What has Timmy seen during the war, according to John?
(a) Horrible things.
(b) Tremendous things.
(c) Unbelievable things.
(d) Unspeakable things.

5. What does the banner in the Cleary's apartment read?
(a) "We Missed You, Timmy".
(b) "Great Job, Timmy".
(c) "You're the Best, Timmy".
(d) "Welcome Home, Timmy".

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nettie carrying as she enters the room in Act 1, Scene 1?

2. What does John pretend he is doing as he hears someone coming in the beginning of the play?

3. What does John contend about Timmy to Nettie?

4. What is Nettie's secondary response to the roses?

5. What type of friends are John and Timmy talking about in the second scene of the play?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do Timmy and John's actions when Nettie enters the apartment in Act 1, Scene 2 illustrate her place in the family?

4. What happens between Timmy and John that changes the way they look at each other in Act 2, Scene 4?

5. What does Timmy tell Nettie about the way he viewed the family before he left for the army, and after he returned?

6. What is the topic of conversation between Timmy and John in the second scene, what is it that John wonders, and why has the question been left unanswered for all of this time?

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

8. Why is Timmy concerned about his father in the play's opening, and how does he relate that concern to his mother?

9. What is the state of the Clearys' apartment in the beginning of the play and why?

10. How does the way Nettie reacts to Timmy's drinking in Scene 3 illustrate the difference between her and John?

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