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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 did Jo's boyfriend do before he was in the service?
(a) He was a veterinarian.
(b) He was a handyman.
(c) He was a male nurse.
(d) He was a butcher.

2. Who did Jo think was was in love with, as she confesses to Heaven?
(a) She thought she was in love with a boy in a book.
(b) She thought she was in love with a rock star.
(c) She thought she was in love with the boy around the corner.
(d) She thought she was in love with one of Helen's fancy men.

3. When do they plan to get married?
(a) They plan to marry during his next leave, in six months.
(b) They plan to marry the next day.
(c) They plan to marry in five years, and have a dream wedding.
(d) They plan to marry in one year.

4. Why does Jo attack Peter?
(a) She wants him to make her dinner because she is starving.
(b) She wants him to return the dress because she hates the color.
(c) She wants him to go back to the bar and wait for she and Helen to be ready.
(d) She wants him to leave she and Helen alone because he is not her father.

5. What does Jo's boyfriend do with the item she finds in his pocket?
(a) He leaves it on the street.
(b) He takes it back and puts it in his pocket.
(c) He throws it into the river.
(d) He gives it to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jo hope to be before she turns forty?

2. What does Jo notice about Peter's brother's wife in her wedding photo?

3. Why does her boyfriend like that it gets dark early?

4. What type of music do the first stage directions say should be playing?

5. What is Helen's reaction to Jo's dream?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Jo unworried about her longer walk to school from the new apartment?

3. How does Jo pay for the apartment?

4. Why has Peter Smith followed Helen to the new apartment?

5. How would you describe Helen's parenting strategy?

6. Why do Helen and Peter leave Jo in the apartment?

7. Why does Geof want to tell Helen about the baby initially?

8. Why would Jo rather be on the streets instead of in films?

9. Where is the bathroom in the new apartment?

10. What happens to Geof whenever Helen is around?

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