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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does B tell C about A's use of racial slurs?
(a) They are just the words A learned to use, and they don't really mean anything.
(b) A doesn't really know what she's saying because she's too old to realize it.
(c) A is not prejudiced against all people, only some.
(d) A had bad experiences with some people that led her to become prejudiced.

2. How does C feel about A and B in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) C feels that they are ganging up on her.
(b) C likes B, but feels that A is always picking on her.
(c) C likes A, but feels that B is always picking on her.
(d) C gets along well with both A and B.

3. A says in Act 1, Part 2 that she learned lessons about people from whom?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her sister.

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

5. Why does A complain about B in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) A complains that B is rude to her.
(b) A complains that B is hurting her.
(c) A complains that B talks too much.
(d) A complains that B is a terrible cook.

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

7. 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."

8. Whose arm is broken in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) The boy's.
(b) B's.
(c) C's.
(d) A's.

9. What does B say about children in act 1, part 1?
(a) That they should not be told about death so that they won't worry about it.
(b) That they should be taught from the time they are six that they are on the way to death.
(c) That they should be taught that death is a blessing.
(d) That they should experience the death of someone close as early as possible.

10. What did A's husband often buy her?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Chocolates.

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

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

13. 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.

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

15. What does A say to C at the end of Act 1, Part 2?
(a) A tells C that she is too young to understand A's stories.
(b) A tells C that she should live so that she doesn't have any regrets when she is as old as A.
(c) A tells C not to get fresh.
(d) A tells C to get out of her house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does B tell C about empathy?

2. A refers repeatedly to the fact that Sis did what?

3. What was A's husband doing when he injured his shoulder?

4. How did A get rich?

5. What does C say to B about getting older, in Act 1, Part 1?

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