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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was A's husband doing when he injured his shoulder?
(a) Playing sports.
(b) Painting the house.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Drinking at a bar.

2. How does A feel about the fact that most of her friends are dead?
(a) It greatly saddens her.
(b) It angers her.
(c) It doesn't really bother her.
(d) It makes her feel lonely.

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

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

5. Who told A they would not come to see her if she continued to use words like "wop"?
(a) The boy.
(b) The housekeeper.
(c) C.
(d) B.

6. What does A say about people at the beginning of Act 1, Part 2?
(a) No one is ever completely honest.
(b) Everybody wants something.
(c) People's intentions are often better than their actions.
(d) People often hide their fears.

7. What does B say about A's friends being dead?
(a) A should make more friends so she won't be lonely.
(b) She didn't like most of them anyway.
(c) She's glad because they were a bad influence on A.
(d) B wonders how A outlived all of them.

8. To whom is A referring when she uses the pronoun "he"?
(a) The Boy.
(b) It is not clear.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her husband.

9. What happened to A's husband's shoulder?
(a) He got into a fight and injured it.
(b) He fell and broke it.
(c) He dislocated it.
(d) He was shot.

10. Who breaks a glass in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) A.
(b) The boy.
(c) C.
(d) B.

11. What does A say about Sis in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) She had an abortion.
(b) She was promiscuous.
(c) She drank.
(d) She was murdered.

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

13. What does C say to B about getting older, in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) It must be awful to get old and lose control.
(b) Getting older only adds to a person's dignity.
(c) She wants to die before she gets old.
(d) She looks forward to getting older.

14. Why was A jealous of Sis?
(a) She was able to go to college.
(b) She was younger, smarter, and had more boyfriends.
(c) She was much prettier than A.
(d) She used to win all sorts of awards.

15. Who is sitting in the chair at the beginning of Act 1?
(a) The Boy.
(b) C.
(c) A.
(d) B.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did A and Sis share when they lived in the city?

2. What advice does B give C about getting older in Act 1, Part 1?

3. Why is C in the house with A and B?

4. Why did Sis have to be forced into marriage?

5. What are A's favorite gemstones?

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