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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does A think her son feels about her?
(a) She knows he loves her because he makes time to come see her.
(b) She thinks he doesn't love her.
(c) She doesn't know how he feels about her.
(d) She knows he loves her, but he's too busy for her.

2. Who were the only "colored" people that A knew?
(a) Girls she went to school with.
(b) The "help."
(c) Her neighbors.
(d) Girls she worked with.

3. How does B respond to A's tantrum in Act 1, Part 4?
(a) B gives A a sedative.
(b) B ignores A until she stops.
(c) B helps A get into bed.
(d) B tries to reason with A.

4. In Act 1, Part 1, A says that she is how many years older than "he" is?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Twenty-two.
(d) Six.

5. How did A's mother-in-law feel about her?
(a) She didn't like A.
(b) She liked A very much.
(c) She was always distant, and A couldn't tell if she liked her or not.
(d) A did not have a mother-in-law.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did A break her back?

2. What does B tell C to do in Act 1, Part 1?

3. What does C remember her mother telling her in Act 2, Part 1?

4. According to A and B's conversation at the end of Act 2, Part 2, what made A's father-in-law happy?

5. How does C respond to A's reasoning for her marriage?

(see the answer key)

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