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

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

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

4. What are Nettie and Timmy doing after they dance?
(a) Crying.
(b) Singing.
(c) Talking.
(d) Laughing.

5. How many roses does Timmy have for his mother?
(a) One.
(b) A half dozen.
(c) A bouquet.
(d) A few.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the occasion that Nettie's father would send her flowers?

2. Where is Timmy's army jacket, as John admires it?

3. Why does John think that he and Nettie will have good times?

4. How does John comment on Nettie's dress in Act 1, Scene 3?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does John react to Timmy's drinking in the second scene of Act 2, and what does this mirror?

2. What symbolic act does Nettie make with the roses at the end of Act 1, Scene 3?

3. How does Nettie describe John's early business sense?

4. How does John view the relationship between all three family members, according to Timmy?

5. What does Nettie admit to Timmy about John in the first scene of Act 2?

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

7. What is the family planning to do at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

8. Why does John think that he and Nettie's marriage will improve, and how does Nettie comment on his theory?

9. What does Nettie get an aspirin for, and how does she begin to talk to John about the roses?

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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