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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What happened to B's son in school?
(a) He was beaten, almost to death, by his classmates.
(b) He was supposed to have a sports scholarship until he got injured.
(c) He had an affair with one of the teachers.
(d) He got kicked out of every one he went to.

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

6. What does C ask A and B regarding A's accident?
(a) If they got any money out of it.
(b) Whether they got to shoot the horse.
(c) If the medical bills were very high.
(d) Who took care of A's son while she was bedridden.

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

8. How did Sis and A react when their father died?
(a) Sis cried, but A didn't.
(b) They went to their own rooms to cry.
(c) They cried together.
(d) They didn't cry at all, to be strong for their mother.

9. According to A and B's conversation at the end of Act 2, Part 2, what made A's father-in-law happy?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Having a grandson.
(c) Traveling.
(d) Having lots of money.

10. What does C regret about her experience with the young man who took her virginity?
(a) She wishes she had waited for her husband.
(b) She couldn't do everything she wanted to do for him.
(c) She wishes she had waited until she was older.
(d) She wishes she had married him.

11. 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.

12. What does C protest she doesn't want to hear about in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) B's talk of disillusionment and immaturity.
(b) A's argument with her son.
(c) A's illness and its symptoms.
(d) A's talk of death and sorrow.

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

14. According to Act 2, Part 2, why do women cheat?
(a) Because they are sexually unsatisfied.
(b) Because they are greedy.
(c) Because they are lonely.
(d) Because they are hormonal.

15. What does C say about the flirting she did at work?
(a) Men used to flirt with her, but she never responded in kind.
(b) She never flirted at work because she didn't meet any men that interested her.
(c) C used to flirt with men shopping with their wives, hoping to become some rich man's mistress.
(d) She used to flirt innocently with the husbands shopping with their wives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the son suddenly able to hear and see at the beginning of Act 2, Part 4?

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

3. According to A, how old was A's husband when he died?

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

5. A's son came to see her how many years after he left?

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