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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. How are Timmy and John feeling at the start of Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) They are upset.
(b) They are drunk.
(c) They are sick.
(d) They are depressed.

2. What does John consider impressive about Timmy's jacket?
(a) How clean it is.
(b) The bars and medals.
(c) Its color.
(d) How big it is.

3. What is Nettie concerned about as Timmy and John continue to sing?
(a) That they will forget the lyrics.
(b) That they will sing out of tune.
(c) That they will wake the neighbors.
(d) That they will be evicted.

4. What does John tell Nettie to do with regards to Timmy and his activities?
(a) Ease up on him.
(b) Ignore him.
(c) Watch him carefully.
(d) Lecture him.

5. What does John have scheduled on the day the play opens?
(a) An appointment.
(b) A lunch with his boss.
(c) A job interview.
(d) A meeting with a friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nettie respond when John embraces her in the third scene of Act 1?

2. How does Timmy view his father in terms of courage?

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

4. What happens to the vase after Nettie throws the roses?

5. How long ago did Nettie's father pass away?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Timmy ask his father in the first scene, and why does John have to decline?

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

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

6. Where does Nettie say she has been for twelve hours, and what reason does she give for her return?

7. What does Nettie describe to Timmy about the job she almost took before she met John, and why is it significant?

8. What does Nettie explain about John and the way she viewed him before they were married, and why does she say that he was not meant for her?

9. What decision does Timmy make at the end of the last scene, and how does his father surprise him?

10. What are Timmy and John doing in the beginning of Act 1, Scene 3, and how does Nettie respond?

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