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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many times did C have sex with the young man she describes in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) Several times.
(b) Never.
(c) Only once.
(d) She doesn't remember.

3. What does A want to celebrate in Act 2, Part 4?
(a) The reunion of her family.
(b) The end of her illness.
(c) The final peace that comes after death.
(d) The accomplishments of her life.

4. How did A's mother-in-law feel about her?
(a) She didn't like A.
(b) She liked A very much.
(c) A did not have a mother-in-law.
(d) She was always distant, and A couldn't tell if she liked her or not.

5. Who is the man that C describes near the end of Act 2, Part 1?
(a) Sis's boyfriend.
(b) The man who paid for her schooling.
(c) The man who took her virginity.
(d) Her estranged brother.

6. 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.

7. Who did A/B have an affair with?
(a) A police officer.
(b) A groom.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A movie star.

8. How does C respond to A's reasoning for her marriage?
(a) C thinks that it is a romantic story.
(b) C is shocked and surprised.
(c) C is unhappy, but understanding.
(d) C is disgusted with A.

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

10. What is C and B's relationship to A, as it is revealed in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) C and B are both A at different stages of her life.
(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 is B's daughter, and B is A's niece.

11. 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) She got him fired.
(d) He fled the country.

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

13. According to A, what is possible in the final moment of life?
(a) It is possible to stop.
(b) It is possible to reconcile with B and C.
(c) It is possible to forgive those who have hurt her.
(d) It is possible to conquer a fear of death.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does A believe that old age is the best time of life?

2. How were A and her son able to reconcile?

3. What does A struggle to remember about her father in Act 2, Part 2?

4. How did A break her back?

5. What did A do with most of her jewelry?

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