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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was A better off after she broke her back?
(a) She no longer had to work.
(b) She received lots of sympathy, and people did things for her all the time.
(c) The people she cared for saw it as proof that she wasn't perfect, and didn't resent her help as much.
(d) She got a lot of money from the accident, so she didn't have any more financial problems.

2. How does A respond to what C says to her in Act 2, Part 4?
(a) A "denies" B, C, and her son.
(b) A throws C out of her hospital room.
(c) A ignores C.
(d) A hugs C.

3. Why does A start crying in act 1, part 3?
(a) Because she isn't pretty anymore.
(b) Because she knows she is dying.
(c) Because Sis is dead.
(d) Because she has shrunk.

4. A was more careful than Sis about what?
(a) Her health.
(b) Birth control.
(c) Finances.
(d) Men.

5. Who is onstage at the end of Act 1, Part 4?
(a) B.
(b) A.
(c) C.
(d) The boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the incident with the bracelet occur between A and her husband?

2. What did A's husband often buy her?

3. How does C respond to A's situation at the end of Act 1, Part 4?

4. How did A break her back?

5. Who told A they would not come to see her if she continued to use words like "wop"?

(see the answer key)

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