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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does C describe the young man who took her virginity?
(a) He was taller than her but kind of homely.
(b) He was the same height as her and very handsome.
(c) He wasn't handsome, but he was very nice.
(d) He was short but very handsome.

2. According to A, how long has she been alone, since her husband died?
(a) Nine years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Sixteen years.

3. According to A, why did she marry her husband?
(a) Because she was in a hurry to have children.
(b) Because he was rich.
(c) Because she was lonely.
(d) Because she was in love.

4. How does B react when her son walks in?
(a) She screams at him to leave.
(b) She hugs him.
(c) She begins to cry.
(d) She glares at him but says nothing.

5. How does A respond to what C says to her in Act 2, Part 4?
(a) A hugs C.
(b) A throws C out of her hospital room.
(c) A ignores C.
(d) A "denies" B, C, and her son.

6. Why does A believe that old age is the best time of life?
(a) It is a time when the people you used to care for care for you instead.
(b) It is when you can stop and let go of everything in the past.
(c) It is a time when you don't have to take care of anyone else.
(d) It is a time when you don't have to work a steady job anymore.

7. What does C sit down to write in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) A living will.
(b) An outline of A's finances for when she passes away.
(c) A note for A's doctor.
(d) A letter to her fiancee.

8. According to A, how old was A's husband when he died?
(a) Seventy-two.
(b) Sixty-six.
(c) Forty-five.
(d) Fifty-seven.

9. How did A's father-in-law feel about her?
(a) He was civil to her.
(b) He disliked her.
(c) He never spoke to her.
(d) He liked her.

10. What does C tell A in Act 2, Part 4?
(a) She misunderstood A.
(b) She wishes A could be a better person.
(c) A reminds her of her mother.
(d) She will never become A; she "denies" her.

11. What comment does C make regarding A/B's son?
(a) He seems nice.
(b) He looks rich.
(c) He is handsome.
(d) He is too thin.

12. What does A struggle to remember about her father in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) What his voice sounded like.
(b) What song he used to sing to her.
(c) What he looked like.
(d) How he died.

13. How does C feel about jewelry?
(a) Being given jewelry means that she is valued.
(b) She hates it because she never had any.
(c) Jewelry is just a trapping of wealth, and she can do without it.
(d) She enjoys jewelry but would prefer clothes.

14. What did A do with most of her jewelry?
(a) She gave it to other people.
(b) She threw it away.
(c) She sold it.
(d) She hid it.

15. How were A and her son able to reconcile?
(a) A's son apologized for what he had done.
(b) A apologized for the way she had treated her son.
(c) They never talked about the past.
(d) A forgave her son for what he had done.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times did C have sex with the young man she describes in Act 2, Part 1?

2. According to Act 2, Part 2, why do women cheat?

3. What happened to B's son in school?

4. What is B's response to C's concern at the beginning of Act 2, Part 1?

5. What happens at the end of Act 2, Part 2?

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