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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 to marry him.
(d) He asks her never to speak to him again.

2. Does Geof want to tell Helen about the baby?
(a) Helen already knows.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) He's not sure.

3. What secret does Jo finally reveal to Geof?
(a) She is in love with Peter.
(b) Her father was the village idiot.
(c) She has six toes on one foot.
(d) She is in love with Geof.

4. What does Jo joke she will name the baby?
(a) Bambi.
(b) Baby.
(c) Supercalafragilisticexpialadocious.
(d) Number one.

5. How does Helen think Jo is carrying the baby?
(a) She thinks Jo is too small for her trimester.
(b) She thinks the baby is a little high.
(c) She thinks the baby is too big for its age.
(d) She thinks the baby is a little low.

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Geof say his landlady has kicked him out?
(a) She did not like the way he decorated the place.
(b) She did not like his art.
(c) He was behind on the rent.
(d) He stole money from her.

11. Who does Helen encourage Jo to locate?
(a) The baby's father.
(b) The landlady.
(c) Geof.
(d) Peter.

12. What are Jo and Geof doing in the stage directions at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Geof is reading to the baby and Jo is taking a nap.
(b) Geof is dancing and cleaning and Jo is reading.
(c) Jo is making a dress and Geof is sleeping on the couch.
(d) Jo is cooking and Geof is planting flowers.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jo wish were there with them, though Geof reminds her they do not get along?

2. What does Jo threaten to do if Helen doesn't leave?

3. Why does Jo let Geof stay with her?

4. Why is Jo so upset by his gift?

5. What classical Greek figure is in the joke Peter tells Geof?

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