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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jo threaten to do if Helen doesn't leave?
(a) She threatens to marry Geof.
(b) She threatens to hold her breath until she faints.
(c) She threatens to jump out the window.
(d) She threatens to call the police.

2. What does Jo promise to buy Geof for Christmas?
(a) She promises to buy him a car.
(b) She promises to buy him dinner.
(c) She promises to buy him a bed.
(d) She promises to buy him a dog.

3. What does Helen leave to do?
(a) She leaves to find Geof.
(b) She leaves to get a drink.
(c) She leaves to find Peter.
(d) She leaves to go to America.

4. From what have Jo and Geof just come back?
(a) A fair.
(b) A wake.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A concert.

5. Why has Geof called Helen?
(a) He is tired of caring for Jo and wants to pass her off onto someone else.
(b) He is fiercely curious about Jo's mother.
(c) He has decided to marry Jo and wants Helen to be there for the proposal.
(d) He is worried about Jo, and thinks Helen has a right to know about her own grandchild.

6. Before he leaves, what is the one thing Geof asks of Helen?
(a) He asks her to kill Peter.
(b) He asks her not to frighten Jo.
(c) He asks her never to speak to him again.
(d) He asks her to marry him.

7. Why did Peter leave Helen?
(a) He went crazy and had to be locked up.
(b) He found another woman.
(c) He had to move but she did not want to.
(d) He did not leave her, he died.

8. Who unexpectedly enters after Jo lies down?
(a) The Queen of England.
(b) Helen.
(c) Peter.
(d) Jo's boyfriend.

9. Why does Jo think the landlady has kicked him out?
(a) She thinks he has been kicked out because he has wild parties.
(b) She thinks he has been kicked him out because he is a homosexual.
(c) She thinks he has been kicked out because he broke a window.
(d) She thinks he has been kicked out because he never pays rent.

10. 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 does not care about Peter one way or the other.
(d) Jo thinks Helen thought of Peter as her own son.

11. How does Jo tell Helen to light the stove?
(a) Turns all the knobs.
(b) Light a match.
(c) The stove does not works.
(d) Gather some wood and use flint.

12. When is Jo's baby due?
(a) March.
(b) June.
(c) January.
(d) September.

13. What does Jo plan to do as her condition becomes more obvious?
(a) She plans to quit work so people won't stare at her.
(b) She plans to sail after her boyfriend.
(c) She plans to marry Geof.
(d) She plans to give the baby to the downstairs neighbor.

14. How does Jo describe Geof's hands?
(a) He has nice, hard hands.
(b) He has rough, raw hands.
(c) He has moist, soft hands.
(d) He has warm, small hands.

15. What is Geof cooking?
(a) A chicken.
(b) A pot roast.
(c) A suckling pig.
(d) A cake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Peter claim Helen went off the deep end?

2. Why does Jo think Helen has returned?

3. When Geof returns, what medicine does Jo ask him to give her?

4. What secret does Jo finally reveal to Geof?

5. Why is Jo so upset by his gift?

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