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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who checks to see if A is still alive at the end of Act 1, Part 4?
(a) B.
(b) C.
(c) The boy.
(d) A nurse.

5. How does A feel about the fact that most of her friends are dead?
(a) It angers her.
(b) It makes her feel lonely.
(c) It doesn't really bother her.
(d) It greatly saddens her.

6. Why does the bracelet incident affect A so deeply?
(a) It leaves physical scars on her that make it hard for her to forget the incident.
(b) Her son was present when it happened.
(c) It ends her joy in sex.
(d) It was the event that precipitated her divorce.

7. What happened as a result of the doctors' recommended treatment for A's husband's shoulder?
(a) The shoulder healed, but he couldn't use his arm much.
(b) The arms had to be amputated.
(c) He died.
(d) The shoulder healed, and only the scars remained.

8. What did A win prizes for after her marriage?
(a) Her artwork.
(b) Riding.
(c) Beauty pageants.
(d) Her writing.

9. What does A ask at the beginning of Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Where C has gone.
(b) How many more days until her birthday.
(c) Where she left her glasses.
(d) Whether it is the day "he" comes.

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

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

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

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

14. What does C say to B about getting older, in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) It must be awful to get old and lose control.
(b) She looks forward to getting older.
(c) Getting older only adds to a person's dignity.
(d) She wants to die before she gets old.

15. According to A, who took advantage of Sis?
(a) Her college professor.
(b) Her friends.
(c) A's boyfriend.
(d) Her first husband's family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does C think A is saying she is 91?

2. Why does B get irritated with C in Act 1, Part 2?

3. What did the doctors tell A to do for her husband's infected shoulder?

4. What were A's favorite pieces of jewelry?

5. Who is C?

(see the answer keys)

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