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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Helen not go to the picture show anymore?
(a) She dislikes crowds and avoids them if at all possible.
(b) She is getting older and needs glasses to see the screen.
(c) She thinks they have become more like the theatre and its difficult to hear.
(d) She loves the theatre and that takes up all her spare time.

2. How does Jo think Helen feels about Peter?
(a) Jo thinks Helen has always hated Peter.
(b) Jo thinks Helen is still in love with Peter.
(c) Jo thinks Helen thought of Peter as her own son.
(d) Jo thinks Helen does not care about Peter one way or the other.

3. What job has Geof gotten for Jo?
(a) She retouches photographs.
(b) She teaches calculus.
(c) She cleans houses.
(d) She serves drinks at a bar.

4. About how many people live in their district in the city, according to Jo?
(a) About twenty people.
(b) About ten people.
(c) About fifty thousand people.
(d) About one million people.

5. What does Jo tell Helen she has dreamed?
(a) Jo dreams that she found her true love.
(b) Jo dreams that she has failed all her classes.
(c) Jo dreams she was flying, but fell to the ground.
(d) Jo dreams that policemen found Helen dead under a rosebush.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jo threaten to do if Helen doesn't leave?

2. When Geof leaves the argument, what task has he been assigned by Jo?

3. What does Jo promise to buy Geof for Christmas?

4. What does Jo plan to do as her condition becomes more obvious?

5. Who is planning to make the baby a cradle?

(see the answer key)

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