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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jo sorting through before Helen and Peter leave?
(a) She is sorting through books.
(b) She is sorting through clothes.
(c) She is sorting through the kitchen.
(d) She is sorting through magazines.

2. How does Jo burn herself?
(a) She burns herself trying to make tea.
(b) She burns herself with her curling iron.
(c) She burns herself by trying to light the fire.
(d) She burns herself by trying to cover the bare light bulb with her scarf.

3. What does Jo throw at Peter?
(a) A pot from the kitchen.
(b) The lid from a box of chocolates.
(c) A brand new shoe.
(d) The cushion from the armchair.

4. What is the climate like in the new apartment according to Helen?
(a) The apartment is terribly muggy, like a steamhouse.
(b) The apartment is swelteringly hot.
(c) The apartment is cold and drafty, a shelter to the four winds.
(d) The apartment is stuffy.

5. What, because of the time period of the play, is the significant difference between Jo and her boyfriend?
(a) Jo is Caucasian and her boyfriend is African.
(b) Jo is a young girl, and her boyfriend is an old man.
(c) Jo is English, and her boyfriend is American.
(d) Jo is very tall, and her boyfriend is very short.

6. Where does Jo get her flower bulbs?
(a) She gets them at the flower shops, for two cents apiece.
(b) She gets them in the park, when the gardener isn't looking.
(c) They are gifts from her father.
(d) She gets them from her neighbor's garden.

7. What is coming through the roof in the apartment?
(a) A tree branch; there was a recent storm.
(b) The floor from the apartment above; there is a hole.
(c) Electrical wiring; the apartment has yet to be renovated.
(d) Water; the roof is leaking.

8. Why has Helen chosen this apartment?
(a) The rent is low enough for her to pay.
(b) The appliances are new.
(c) The two rooms allow Jo to have her own apartment.
(d) The neighborhood is much nicer than their old neighborhood.

9. What has Peter brought specifically for Jo?
(a) A box of chocolates.
(b) A new dress, made just for her.
(c) A pair of new shoes.
(d) A puppy.

10. What factory is across the street from the flat?
(a) A peanut processing factory.
(b) A slaughterhouse.
(c) A bread factory.
(d) A Whirlpool plant.

11. How does Jo wear his ring?
(a) Jo puts the ring on a piece of string around her neck.
(b) Jo keeps the ring in her pocket, stiched into the seams
(c) Jo wears the ring proudly on her finger.
(d) Jo hides the ring in a safe place to wait for his return.

12. Why does Jo attack Peter?
(a) She wants him to leave she and Helen alone because he is not her father.
(b) She wants him to return the dress because she hates the color.
(c) She wants him to make her dinner because she is starving.
(d) She wants him to go back to the bar and wait for she and Helen to be ready.

13. What has Jo decided to do after Christmas?
(a) She has decided to go to college.
(b) She has decided to quit school
(c) She has decided to get married.
(d) She has decided to get a pet.

14. What is Peter's last name?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Peter.
(c) Smith.
(d) Jones.

15. Why does Helen keep using a handkerchief?
(a) She is bleeding.
(b) Her nose is running.
(c) She is crying.
(d) She puts it over her eyes as she tries to sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jo notice about Peter's brother's wife in her wedding photo?

2. How old is Jo's boyfriend?

3. Why does Helen love the dark?

4. What does Jo's boyfriend put in her milk?

5. Where does Jo threaten to put Helen if she marries again?

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