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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does A think her son loves more than her?
(a) Horses.
(b) His wife.
(c) Boys.
(d) His work.

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

3. What did A lie about to impress her future husband?
(a) Her ability to ride horses.
(b) Her health.
(c) Her family's wealth.
(d) Her past relationships.

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

5. Who was A taller than?
(a) Sis.
(b) Her husband.
(c) B.
(d) C.

6. How do B and C know that A is still alive?
(a) She is conscious.
(b) Her eyelids are moving.
(c) She has a pulse.
(d) She is breathing.

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

8. Why does A start crying in act 1, part 3?
(a) Because she has shrunk.
(b) Because she isn't pretty anymore.
(c) Because Sis is dead.
(d) Because she knows she is dying.

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

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

11. What are A's favorite gemstones?
(a) Rubies and pearls.
(b) Diamonds and pearls.
(c) Diamonds and rubies.
(d) Emeralds and sapphires.

12. Why did Sis have to be forced into marriage?
(a) She didn't like men, or sex, very much.
(b) She didn't want to have any children.
(c) She didn't want to marry the man her mother wanted her to marry.
(d) She wanted to be independent and stay single.

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

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

15. Why does C think A is saying she is 91?
(a) She has forgotten when she was born.
(b) She has forgotten what year it is.
(c) She is too vain to admit she is 92.
(d) She has forgotten that her birthday already passed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the only "colored" people that A knew?

2. A was friends with people of many races and ethnicities, except which?

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

4. Who is sitting at the desk at the beginning of Act 1?

5. How does A think her son feels about her?

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