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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Peter and Helen celebrating?
(a) Peter got a new job.
(b) Jo is graduating from high school.
(c) Peter found them a house.
(d) Helen is pregnant.

2. What is Helen's age compared to Peter's age?
(a) Peter is exactly three months older.
(b) Peter is old enough to be Helen's father.
(c) Helen is old enough to be Peter's mother.
(d) Helen and Peter are the same age.

3. How is the apartment lit?
(a) The apartment has an antique lamp the is covered in the rent.
(b) The apartment is lit by the stove.
(c) The apartment is lit by a bare bulb hanging from the ceiling.
(d) The apartment is lit by sunlight or moonlight only.

4. What does Helen need for her head?
(a) She needs a therapist to help sort out her thoughts.
(b) She needs a hat to match her outfit.
(c) She needs a scarf, because she hasn't has a haircut.
(d) She needs aspirin, or some sort of headache medicine.

5. How does Jo think Helen will react to the engagement?
(a) Jo thinks Helen will throw a fit.
(b) Jo thinks Helen will throughly disapprove.
(c) Jo thinks Helen will be very excited.
(d) Jo thinks Helen will laugh.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do they plan to get married?

2. What is Peter's last name?

3. What important event in Jo's life has Helen forgotten?

4. What is one of the items Jo finds in her boyfriend's pocket?

5. What instrument does Jo's boyfriend joke that his father played?

Short Essay Questions

1. Rather than Helen, who does Jo think of at the very end of the play that gives her comfort?

2. Why does Geof offer to marry Jo?

3. How do Geof and Jo's views on life differ? What do they find spurs their conversation?

4. What gift has Geof bought for Jo, and why is she so upset by it?

5. How was Jo comforted last Christmas during Helen's absence?

6. Is Jo jealous of Peter Smith? Why or why not?

7. How does Geof know the drawings belong to Jo?

8. How does Peter feel about Jo in the first scene?

9. Why is Jo sorting through her books before Helen and Peter leave?

10. Why has Geof told Helen about the baby?

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