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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What has Helen brought Jo?
(a) Money.
(b) A crib.
(c) A dog.
(d) Job listings.

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

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

6. Has Jo reconciled herself to being a mother?
(a) Yes, she is very excited.
(b) Yes, and Helen is ready to be a grandmother.
(c) No, she is giving the baby up for adoption.
(d) No, she still hates the idea.

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

8. Why is Jo so upset by his gift?
(a) She says the color of the baby is wrong.
(b) She finds dirty diapers disgusting.
(c) She does not want to feed the baby with a bottle.
(d) She already has blankets for the baby.

9. Why does Peter claim Helen went off the deep end?
(a) Her mental condition finally resurfaced.
(b) One of her boyfriend dumped her for a younger woman.
(c) She cannot stand the heat of the summer.
(d) She has had too many pills and drinks.

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

11. To what does Helen compare Jo's physical condition?
(a) A pale horse.
(b) A ghost warmed up.
(c) A sickly child.
(d) A starving princess.

12. What political party does Jo tell Helen she and Geof are affiliated with?
(a) A monarchy.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Communism.

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

14. How does Jo pay for her apartment?
(a) She has married a man with money.
(b) She works all day in a shoe shop and all night in a bar.
(c) She gets the money from Helen.
(d) She works for a lawyer as an apprentice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peter ask for immediately upon entering the apartment?

2. What does the baby physically do to Jo?

3. What ancestry does Jo claim?

4. Where does Jo tell Geof her boyfriend is from?

5. What are Jo and Geof doing in the stage directions at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2?

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