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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. Why does the glass get broken in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) B and C engage in a fistfight.
(b) The boy comes home drunk.
(c) A wants to get a reaction out of B.
(d) A falls while in the bathroom.

5. In Act 1, Part 1, A says that she is how many years older than "he" is?
(a) Six.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty-two.
(d) Seventeen.

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

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

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

9. 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 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 not be told about death so that they won't worry about it.

10. A was friends with people of many races and ethnicities, except which?
(a) "Colored" people.
(b) Native Americans.
(c) Italian people.
(d) Jewish people.

11. 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 bring him to a witch doctor.
(d) They told her to use leeches to drain some of the infected blood.

12. Why do the doctors want to amputate A's arm?
(a) Because she has gangrene in her fingers.
(b) Because she has poor circulation.
(c) Because she fell and broke it, and it isn't healing.
(d) Because she has an infected wound on her wrist.

13. 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 is a terrible cook.
(d) A complains that B talks too much.

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

15. 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 A, but feels that B is always picking on her.
(c) C gets along well with both A and B.
(d) C likes B, but feels that A is always picking on her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What advice does B give C about getting older in Act 1, Part 1?

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

4. What did A lie about to impress her future husband?

5. Why was A jealous of Sis?

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