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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 empathy?
(a) That having too much empathy can be bad for a person.
(b) That empathy is an unnecessary emotion.
(c) That C will be old soon enough and won't have to imagine what it's like.
(d) That she should be more empathetic so that people will be empathetic with her when she is old.

2. How did A get rich?
(a) She invested wisely.
(b) She married a rich man.
(c) She was an actress.
(d) She inherited a small fortune.

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

4. What did A and Sis share when they lived in the city?
(a) A house.
(b) An apartment.
(c) A car.
(d) A wardrobe.

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

6. Where did A learn the expression that B laughs at?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her grandmother.

7. A was more careful than Sis about what?
(a) Birth control.
(b) Finances.
(c) Her health.
(d) Men.

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

9. What does A talk about at the end of Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Sis's first marriage.
(b) Her friends' deaths.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her husband.

10. What did the doctors tell A to do for her husband's infected shoulder?
(a) They told her to use maggots to eat the dead tissue.
(b) They told her to bring him to the desert to bake out the infection.
(c) They told her to use leeches to drain some of the infected blood.
(d) They told her to bring him to a witch doctor.

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

12. How does A think her son feels about her?
(a) She knows he loves her because he makes time to come see her.
(b) She knows he loves her, but he's too busy for her.
(c) She thinks he doesn't love her.
(d) She doesn't know how he feels about her.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who checks to see if A is still alive at the end of Act 1, Part 4?

2. What does A say about Sis in Act 1, Part 2?

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

4. How does C respond to A's situation at the end of Act 1, Part 4?

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

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