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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jo make Helen's coffee?
(a) Jo makes Helen's coffee very strong, because she knows Helen likes it weak.
(b) Jo makes the coffee very weak, because she knows Helen likes it strong.
(c) Jo makes Helen's coffee with cream, because she knows Helen takes her coffee with cream.
(d) Jo makes Helen's coffee with sugar, because she knows Helen hates sugar.

2. What artistic item does Helen discover of Jo's?
(a) She discovers Jo's drawings.
(b) She discovers Jo's knitting.
(c) She discovers Jo's novel.
(d) She discovers Jo's paintings.

3. Where does Jo hope to be before she turns forty?
(a) She hopes to be dead and buried.
(b) She hopes to be married with lots of children.
(c) She hopes to be rich and famous.
(d) She hopes to be living in France.

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

5. Where does Jo threaten to put Helen if she marries again?
(a) America.
(b) An institution.
(c) A church.
(d) The police station.

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

7. What important question does Jo's boyfriend ask her?
(a) He asks her what candy she like the best.
(b) He asks her what time to meet later.
(c) He asks her is she knows the identity of her father.
(d) He asks her to marry him.

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

9. What item(s) does Jo have that needs to be left in a cool, dark place?
(a) Her makeup, which melts in heat.
(b) Her lotion, which is supposed to be stored at room temperature.
(c) Her flower bulbs, which she always plant but they never grow.
(d) Her medicine, which should never be left near an open flame.

10. Just before he leaves, what does Peter whisper to Helen (according to the stage directions)?
(a) Peter whispers a threat on Jo's life.
(b) Peter whispers words of love.
(c) Peter whispers an invitation to his house.
(d) Peter whispers a dirty joke to Helen.

11. What is Helen's age compared to Peter's age?
(a) Helen is old enough to be Peter's mother.
(b) Helen and Peter are the same age.
(c) Peter is exactly three months older.
(d) Peter is old enough to be Helen's father.

12. What sound do Jo and Helen hear from the river?
(a) They hear a submarine resurfacing.
(b) They hear the cannons of a battleship.
(c) They hear the song of a whale.
(d) They hear a tugboat.

13. Why have Helen and Jo moved again?
(a) Helen found a better apartment in a nicer neighborhood.
(b) Jo insisted upon getting her own room, so they moved.
(c) Helen is running away from a man.
(d) Jo is running away from a man.

14. What does Jo admit is her favorite season of the year?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

15. Since the move, what is the difference in travel time for Jo's trip to school?
(a) Jo is about the same distance from the school as before.
(b) Jo quit school before the move.
(c) Jo is much closer to school, she she will get there more quickly.
(d) Jo is much farther away from the school, so it will take longer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Helen keep using a handkerchief?

2. What instrument does Jo's boyfriend joke that his father played?

3. What is Jo sorting through before Helen and Peter leave?

4. How does Jo wear his ring?

5. Where does Jo plan to work after Christmas?

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