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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does C say about memories in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) There is safety and salvation in forgetting things.
(b) There is no reason to remember everything that has happened to you.
(c) You have to talk about things so you won't forget them.
(d) If you forget something, there is a reason for it.

2. What does A say about the boys she used to dance with?
(a) They only wanted to take advantage of her.
(b) She only liked to dance with rich boys.
(c) They only danced with her if Sis was already occupied.
(d) Some of them were "fairies".

3. Whose name is A trying to remember at the end of Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Her husband's brother.
(b) The movie star she met.
(c) Her niece.
(d) Her husband.

4. Who is A?
(a) A young woman.
(b) A little girl.
(c) An old woman.
(d) A middle-aged woman.

5. Who checks to see if A is still alive at the end of Act 1, Part 4?
(a) The boy.
(b) B.
(c) A nurse.
(d) C.

6. Who is C?
(a) An old woman.
(b) A young woman.
(c) A little girl.
(d) A middle-aged woman.

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

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

9. What expression does A use that B laughs at?
(a) "Poppycock."
(b) "Tonic water."
(c) "Silly goose."
(d) "Get fresh."

10. What did A do that Sis objected to?
(a) Had a child at a young age.
(b) Prostituted herself.
(c) Got married instead of getting a job.
(d) Slept with boys.

11. What did A win prizes for after her marriage?
(a) Riding.
(b) Her artwork.
(c) Her writing.
(d) Beauty pageants.

12. What does A ask at the beginning of Act 1, Part 2?
(a) How many more days until her birthday.
(b) Whether it is the day "he" comes.
(c) Where she left her glasses.
(d) Where C has gone.

13. How did A's husband react to A's response to his request when he presented the bracelet?
(a) He told her to keep the bracelet, and he left the room.
(b) The left the party with another woman.
(c) He took the car, leaving A stranded at a friend's house.
(d) He left the room angrily, taking the bracelet with him.

14. Who does A refer to as "a real smart little Jew?"
(a) The boy.
(b) B.
(c) Her husband.
(d) C.

15. Who had a glass eye?
(a) A.
(b) C.
(c) B.
(d) A's husband.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was A wearing on the night that the bracelet incident occurred?

4. Whose arm is broken in Act 1, Part 1?

5. Who is onstage at the end of Act 1, Part 4?

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