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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. How does B react when her son walks in?
(a) She screams at him to leave.
(b) She glares at him but says nothing.
(c) She begins to cry.
(d) She hugs him.

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

13. How did A break her back?
(a) She was thrown off of a horse.
(b) She fell out of a window.
(c) She was beaten.
(d) She was in a car accident.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does C tell A in Act 2, Part 4?

2. What is C and B's relationship to A, as it is revealed in Act 2, Part 1?

3. How is A able to see herself and her life in Act 2, Part 4?

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

5. What happened to A's mother as she got older?

(see the answer keys)

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