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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 does John pretend he is doing as he hears someone coming in the beginning of the play?
(a) Making breakfast.
(b) Cleaning the table off.
(c) Reading the newspaper.
(d) Making lunch.

2. What does Nettie lecture John about in the first scene of Act 1?
(a) Drinking too much.
(b) Eating too much.
(c) Not getting enough sleep.
(d) Not eating enough.

3. What does John contend about Timmy to Nettie?
(a) He will always be a boy.
(b) He is no longer a boy.
(c) He has never been a boy.
(d) He is still a boy.

4. What does John ask about himself, pertaining to the war?
(a) If he would have received medals.
(b) If he would have been injured.
(c) If he would have been a commander.
(d) If he would have had the courage.

5. What is John wondering as he and Timmy talk about the war in the second scene of Act 1?
(a) What kind of politician he would make.
(b) What kind of soldier he would make.
(c) How the war ended so quickly.
(d) Why the war lasted so long.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many roses does Timmy have for his mother?

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

3. What happened to Timmy the night before?

4. How is Nettie responding to Timmy and John's behavior in the beginning of Act 1, Scene 3?

5. What does John do with Timmy's jacket in the first scene?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Timmy and John respond to Nettie's response to the flowers?

3. What is the way Timmy views his father and his family, according to the speech he gives in Act 2, Scene 2?

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

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

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

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

8. What do Timmy and John do when Nettie enters the room in the fourth scene of Act 2, and how does she respond?

9. How do Nettie and Timmy revisit their past at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?

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

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