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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 are Timmy and John doing as Nettie enters the apartment in the second scene of Act 1?
(a) Reading the newspaper.
(b) Making lunch.
(c) Telling stories.
(d) Telling jokes.

2. How does Nettie respond to Timmy at the end of Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) She sends him to bed.
(b) She sends him to the store to buy more roses.
(c) She sends him to the store to buy more aspirin.
(d) She ignores him.

3. What is Nettie's secondary response to the roses?
(a) She is overwhelmed.
(b) She is a little sad.
(c) She is excited.
(d) She is depressed.

4. What does Nettie say after seeing the flowers in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) She asks what the occasion is.
(b) She thanks both Timmy and John.
(c) She thanks John.
(d) She thanks Timmy.

5. What is Timmy doing when the play opens?
(a) Sitting at the table.
(b) Reading.
(c) Sitting on the couch.
(d) Sleeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of prayer will John stop and say?

2. How often did Nettie's father send her flowers?

3. How do John and Timmy feel about Nettie's response to the roses in Act 1, Scene 2?

4. What are Timmy and John drinking in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. When does John tell Timmy they will buy new clothes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the breakfast of Nettie and John in the beginning of Act 2 have a shaky start?

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

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

4. What does the ending of "The Subject was Roses" lead the reader to believe might happen?

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

6. What is John doing with Timmy's army jacket in Scene 1, and why?

7. How do Nettie and John talk about Timmy's drinking in Act 2, Scene 2?

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

9. What is the setting and date for "The Subject was Roses", and why are they significant?

10. 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?

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