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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does A feel that she always had to be strong?
(a) Because no one else was.
(b) Because she didn't have faith in anyone but herself.
(c) Because she had so much misfortune in her life.
(d) Because she didn't have anyone to depend on.

3. A refers repeatedly to the fact that Sis did what?
(a) Had an abortion.
(b) Drank.
(c) Shoplifted.
(d) Dated girls.

4. Who reacts negatively to the racism in A's remarks?
(a) The boy.
(b) The nurse.
(c) C.
(d) B.

5. What does A's son sometimes bring when he comes to visit?
(a) Chocolates and flowers.
(b) Money.
(c) New clothes.
(d) Dinner.

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

7. Why is C in the house with A and B?
(a) She is A's estranged daughter.
(b) She is a representative of A's lawyers.
(c) She is A's granddaughter.
(d) She is a live-in nurse.

8. When did the incident with the bracelet occur between A and her husband?
(a) After a riding show.
(b) When her husband came home from work.
(c) After they came home from a party.
(d) On Christmas Eve.

9. Why does the glass get broken in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) A wants to get a reaction out of B.
(b) A falls while in the bathroom.
(c) B and C engage in a fistfight.
(d) The boy comes home drunk.

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

11. A reveals in Act 1, Part 2 that who had an affair?
(a) Sis's husband.
(b) A's husband.
(c) Sis.
(d) A.

12. What were A's favorite pieces of jewelry?
(a) Rings.
(b) Bracelets.
(c) Necklaces.
(d) Earrings.

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

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

15. Why do the doctors want to amputate A's arm?
(a) Because she has an infected wound on her wrist.
(b) Because she has poor circulation.
(c) Because she fell and broke it, and it isn't healing.
(d) Because she has gangrene in her fingers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did A lie about to impress her future husband?

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

3. What did A do that Sis objected to?

4. Why was A jealous of Sis?

5. Who breaks a glass in Act 1, Part 2?

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