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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the color of the river, according to Jo?
(a) Lead.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Sepia.

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

3. Why has Helen been losing sleep?
(a) There is construction going on at the house.
(b) She has not been able to stop thinking of Jo since Geof informed her of Jo's condition.
(c) She has always been an insomniac.
(d) The weather is too hot for her to get a good nights' sleep.

4. What does Geof still have to do for the evening?
(a) He has to take Jo to the doctor.
(b) He has to go to work: he is on the night shift.
(c) He has to study for his exams.
(d) He has to fix the lock on the door.

5. How does Jo think Helen feels about Peter?
(a) Jo thinks Helen does not care about Peter one way or the other.
(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 has always hated Peter.

6. What does Geof ask Jo?
(a) He asks her to marry him.
(b) He asks her to go out and get a job.
(c) He asks her to contact Helen.
(d) He asks her to cook him dinner.

7. To what classic novel does Jo compare the book she is reading?
(a) Sense and Sensibility.
(b) Oliver Twist.
(c) Little Women.
(d) Hard Times.

8. What does Peter ask for immediately upon entering the apartment?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Food.
(c) Money.
(d) Gin.

9. What does Geof, in his parting words, say is the one thing civilization can't do anything about?
(a) Women.
(b) Homosexuality.
(c) Weather.
(d) Babies.

10. Who does Helen ask for advice right before she leaves?
(a) Jimmie.
(b) The audience.
(c) Jo.
(d) Geof.

11. What does Helen plan on sending Jo every week from now on?
(a) Pictures.
(b) Money.
(c) Candy.
(d) Drawing paper.

12. Why is Jo not eligible for maternity leave money?
(a) She has not been working long enough.
(b) She is being punished by her company.
(c) She is too lazy to go down and collect the checks.
(d) Her baby does not have a father, and the companies will not pay.

13. What does the baby physically do to Jo?
(a) The baby kicks her.
(b) The baby makes her unable to stand.
(c) The baby makes her feel sick.
(d) The baby makes her sensitive, so she can no longer eat spicy food.

14. What classical Greek figure is in the joke Peter tells Geof?
(a) Iphegenia.
(b) Oedipus.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Euripides.

15. Why has Helen come back?
(a) She is excited to be a grandmother.
(b) She plans to look after Jo.
(c) She is in love with Geof and wants him for herself.
(d) Her house burned down.

Short Answer Questions

1. What media does Geof discover that Jo has used for her drawing?

2. When is Jo's baby due?

3. Why did Jo used to smoke?

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

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

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