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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was A wearing on the night that the bracelet incident occurred?
(a) A towel.
(b) Nothing except her jewelry.
(c) A party dress.
(d) Her nightgown and jewelry.

2. What does A have a tantrum about in Act 1, Part 4?
(a) She wants B and C to be more compassionate.
(b) She doesn't want to get old.
(c) Her arm hurts.
(d) She wants her son to visit.

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

4. Who is sitting on the bench, at the foot of the bed, at the beginning of Act 1?
(a) C.
(b) A.
(c) The Boy.
(d) B.

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

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

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

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

9. Why does B get irritated with C in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) C makes A cry.
(b) C doesn't help A to the bathroom.
(c) C is immature.
(d) C doesn't do enough housework.

10. C tells B that she is not good at what?
(a) Giving advice.
(b) Empathizing.
(c) Socializing.
(d) Helping.

11. Who helps A into the bathroom?
(a) B.
(b) The Boy.
(c) C.
(d) A nurse.

12. What happens to A at the end of Act 1, Part 4?
(a) She has a stroke.
(b) She falls down and gets a concussion.
(c) She has a heart attack.
(d) She tries to commit suicide.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does A refer to as "a real smart little Jew?"

2. What does B say about children in act 1, part 1?

3. What expression does A use that B laughs at?

4. Who was A taller than?

5. What worries C, regarding A's bathroom habits?

(see the answer keys)

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