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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does C sit down to write in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) To ensure that her family doesn't fight over her possessions after she dies.
(b) To ensure that her heirlooms go to the right people.
(c) To avoid the drawn-out, painful deterioration A has faced.
(d) To provide for her loved ones after her death.

2. What happens at the end of Act 2, Part 2?
(a) C leaves.
(b) B leaves.
(c) The Boy walks into the room.
(d) A dies.

3. What do B and C see when they walk in at the beginning of Act 2, Part 1?
(a) They see an empty bed, and they are alarmed because they don't know where A is.
(b) They see The Boy hovering by his mother's bedside.
(c) They see that there has been no change in A's condition.
(d) They see that A has been covered with a sheet, and they think she is dead.

4. What is the best moment of life according to A?
(a) The final moment when it is possible to stop.
(b) The moment of her birth.
(c) The moment of her marriage.
(d) The moment of her son's birth.

5. According to Act 2, Part 2, why do men cheat?
(a) Because they need variety.
(b) Because they are men.
(c) Because their significant other isn't fulfilling their needs.
(d) Because they are lonely.

6. How did C and Sis make a living, according to C?
(a) They were human mannequins.
(b) They cleaned houses.
(c) They prosituted themselves.
(d) They dated rich men who paid for their necessities.

7. Why was A glad to see her son when he came to visit?
(a) She missed him, and had second thoughts about the way she had treated him.
(b) She was happy to see that he had changed so much.
(c) She wasn't happy to see him; she only pretended to be.
(d) She was lonely, and most of her friends and family had died.

8. How is A able to see herself and her life in Act 2, Part 4?
(a) Objectively.
(b) With emotion.
(c) With broken memories.
(d) In limited detail.

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

10. According to B, what is the best time of life?
(a) Old age.
(b) Youth.
(c) Middle age.
(d) Childhood.

11. Who appears in Act 1, Part 2, as C is writing?
(a) A.
(b) The doctor.
(c) The Boy.
(d) B.

12. How did A kill time while she was bedridden after breaking her back?
(a) Writing a book.
(b) Wondering where her son was.
(c) Wondering who her husband was having sex with.
(d) Reading.

13. What is C and B's relationship to A, as it is revealed in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) C is B's daughter, and B is A's niece.
(b) C and B are distant relatives of A's.
(c) C is A's daughter-in-law, and B is C's mother.
(d) C and B are both A at different stages of her life.

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

15. What does A remember most vividly about her son holding her hand in her premonition?
(a) His hand was cold.
(b) Her hand was cold.
(c) He held her hand too tightly.
(d) She tried to grasp his hand tighter but couldn't.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did A's father-in-law feel about her?

2. In Act 2, Part 1, what does A tell C she should do?

3. What does C say about her mother in Act 2, Part 1?

4. What does C say about the flirting she did at work?

5. What happened to the man B had an affair with?

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