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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do Helen and Jo hear singing outside?
(a) Carolers.
(b) Geof.
(c) The church choir.
(d) Children.

2. What does Jo share about holding Helen's hand?
(a) Helen would always pull her hand away.
(b) Helen would always have sweaty palms.
(c) Helen would always scratch Jo's hand.
(d) Helen would always squeeze her hand tightly.

3. What does Geof get Jo to practice for the baby?
(a) A life-sized baby doll.
(b) A bottle and pacifier.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A diaper and wipes.

4. Where does Jo tell Geof her boyfriend is from?
(a) She tells Geof he was from the Caribbean.
(b) She tells Geof he was from darkest Africa.
(c) She tells Geof he was from London.
(d) She tells Geof he was from the moon.

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

6. How does Helen describe the way Jo and Geof have been living?
(a) They are looking gift horses in the mouth.
(b) They are living like pigs in a pigsty.
(c) They are living like peas in a pod.
(d) They are living in sin.

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

8. When Geof leaves the argument, what task has he been assigned by Jo?
(a) He has been told to call the police.
(b) He has been told to buy food.
(c) He has been told to work on the baby's gown.
(d) He has been told to make tea.

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

10. Who is planning to make the baby a cradle?
(a) Geof.
(b) Jo.
(c) Helen.
(d) The landlady.

11. During their fight, what does Helen say she wishes she had done?
(a) She wishes she had married Jo's father.
(b) She wishes she had gotten rid of Jo before she was born.
(c) She wishes Jo had had a proper upbringing so they would not be in this mess.
(d) She wishes she had joined a convent and become a nun.

12. What kind of person does Jo think Geof is like?
(a) A little boy.
(b) An old woman.
(c) A rich businessman.
(d) A poor gypsy.

13. Why does Jo think Helen has returned?
(a) She thinks Helen wants to marry Geof instead.
(b) She thinks Helen truly wants to be a grandmother.
(c) She thinks Peter has kicked her out.
(d) She thinks Helen has finally gone crazy.

14. What does Helen bring for Jo?
(a) Candy.
(b) The mail from downstairs.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Liquor.

15. What ancestry does Jo claim?
(a) Irish.
(b) French.
(c) Swedish.
(d) Spanish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Has Jo reconciled herself to being a mother?

2. What has Jo told Geof about having a woman in the room when she has the baby?

3. What job has Geof gotten for Jo?

4. What does Geof bring home that Helen does not approve of?

5. Why has Helen been losing sleep?

(see the answer keys)

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