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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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. 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 tells C that as long as she doesn't grow old and bitter, she will not die alone.
(c) B tells C that she doesn't need to worry about dying alone because she has a large family.
(d) B talks about the various ways in which death can come to anyone.

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

6. What does A remember about flirting at work when she was younger?
(a) It wasn't often.
(b) It was calculated.
(c) It was uncomfortable.
(d) It was innocent.

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

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

9. A's son came to see her how many years after he left?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Twelve.

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

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

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

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

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

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 that there has been no change in A's condition.
(c) They see an empty bed, and they are alarmed because they don't know where A is.
(d) They see that A has been covered with a sheet, and they think she is dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. In A's premonition, who was with her when she died?

2. What metaphor does B use for middle age?

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

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

5. When did A/B decide to have an affair?

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