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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. Why does Helen not go to the picture show anymore?
(a) She loves the theatre and that takes up all her spare time.
(b) She thinks they have become more like the theatre and its difficult to hear.
(c) She is getting older and needs glasses to see the screen.
(d) She dislikes crowds and avoids them if at all possible.

2. What important question does Jo's boyfriend ask her?
(a) He asks her to marry him.
(b) He asks her is she knows the identity of her father.
(c) He asks her what candy she like the best.
(d) He asks her what time to meet later.

3. How old does Jo's boyfriend think that women are born?
(a) Seventy years old.
(b) Five years old.
(c) Brand new, just like everyone else.
(d) Three thousand years old.

4. What has Peter brought specifically for Jo?
(a) A pair of new shoes.
(b) A puppy.
(c) A box of chocolates.
(d) A new dress, made just for her.

5. Why does Helen keep using a handkerchief?
(a) She puts it over her eyes as she tries to sleep.
(b) Her nose is running.
(c) She is crying.
(d) She is bleeding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Jo's boyfriend been carrying for her?

2. What is the title of one of the movies Helen sees in the paper?

3. Does the apartment have a bathroom?

4. Where does Jo plan to work after Christmas?

5. How does Helen describe the wallpaper?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Jo's first love, as she admits to Helen in Scene 1?

2. What happens to Geof whenever Helen is around?

3. Why does Geof ultimately leave Jo?

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

5. What are Helen's thoughts on destiny, as she tells Jo after their conversation about the shiek?

6. Why is Jo's boyfriend so surprised when Jo says she does not care if people see them kissing?

7. Does Jo think Geof has been a good influence on her?

8. Why did Helen sleep with the village idiot instead of her husband?

9. Why does Helen so dislike Geof?

10. What is one of Helen's habits that Jo truly despises?

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