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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do A and B make fun of A's deceased husband?
(a) He had one leg.
(b) He couldn't dance.
(c) He was impotent.
(d) He had one eye.

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

3. What does C ask A and B about bitterness in Act 2, Part 4?
(a) Whether it is a necessary emotion.
(b) If they can feel anything else.
(c) If there is anything that can be done to prevent it.
(d) Whether it is the only alternative.

4. In Act 2, Part 1, C tells B that it is hard to consider what?
(a) Death.
(b) Dying alone.
(c) Losing A.
(d) Terminal illness.

5. How does C meet the young man she describes at the end of Act 2, Part 1?
(a) He comes over to meet her sister.
(b) He delivers a package to her house.
(c) She dances with him.
(d) She runs into him at a party.

6. What happened to A's mother as she got older?
(a) She got nasty and lonely.
(b) She lost touch with both of her daughters.
(c) Her health declined rapidly.
(d) She became more understanding and compassionate.

7. What happened to the man B had an affair with?
(a) He never spoke to her again.
(b) He was killed by B's husband.
(c) He fled the country.
(d) She got him fired.

8. What is B's response to C's concern at the beginning of Act 2, Part 1?
(a) B tells C not to worry, that A will be fine.
(b) B talks about the various ways in which death can come to anyone.
(c) B tells C that as long as she doesn't grow old and bitter, she will not die alone.
(d) B tells C that she doesn't need to worry about dying alone because she has a large family.

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

10. How did A's husband behave after A broke her back?
(a) He was nicer and let her stop riding.
(b) He was angry that she couldn't do as much housework.
(c) He was irritable and felt that she was malingering.
(d) There was no change in his behavior.

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

12. Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of B's husband, according to B's description of him in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) He made her laugh.
(b) He liked tall women.
(c) He loved children.
(d) He was a good dancer.

13. How old will C be, according to B, when she meets her husband?
(a) Twenty-four.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Twenty-one.
(d) Twenty-eight.

14. In Act 2, Part 1, what does A tell C she should do?
(a) Stay single.
(b) Write a will.
(c) Hire a lawyer.
(d) Grow up.

15. What do B and C see when they walk in at the beginning of Act 2, Part 1?
(a) They see The Boy hovering by his mother's bedside.
(b) They see an empty bed, and they are alarmed because they don't know where A is.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does B react when her son walks in?

2. What does A remember about flirting at work when she was younger?

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

4. What did B's son confront B with before he walked out of the house the first time?

5. According to A and B's conversation at the end of Act 2, Part 2, what made A's father-in-law happy?

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