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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does B say about children in act 1, part 1?
(a) That they should not be told about death so that they won't worry about it.
(b) That they should be taught that death is a blessing.
(c) That they should experience the death of someone close as early as possible.
(d) That they should be taught from the time they are six that they are on the way to death.

2. What does B say about A's friends being dead?
(a) She's glad because they were a bad influence on A.
(b) B wonders how A outlived all of them.
(c) She didn't like most of them anyway.
(d) A should make more friends so she won't be lonely.

3. How old does A think she is?
(a) 91.
(b) 66.
(c) 83.
(d) 95.

4. What does B tell C about A's use of racial slurs?
(a) They are just the words A learned to use, and they don't really mean anything.
(b) A had bad experiences with some people that led her to become prejudiced.
(c) A is not prejudiced against all people, only some.
(d) A doesn't really know what she's saying because she's too old to realize it.

5. What does A think her son loves more than her?
(a) Horses.
(b) His wife.
(c) Boys.
(d) His work.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did A learn the expression that B laughs at?

2. How do B and C react when A cries?

3. What happened as a result of the doctors' recommended treatment for A's husband's shoulder?

4. Whose arm is broken in Act 1, Part 1?

5. Why does A feel that she always had to be strong?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does A represent?

2. What happens in the premonition that A describes in Act 2, Part 4?

3. What does A say about her mother in Act 1, Part 2?

4. What do B and C say about the movie star A met?

5. What is the significance of A's rambling and disjointed memories?

6. What accident does A relate in Act 2, Part 3?

7. What happened to A's husband's shoulder?

8. What does C say about how she and Sis made a living in Act 2, Part 1?

9. What does A hope for as she looks at herself in the hospital bed in Act 2, Part 1?

10. How does A react while she is telling the bracelet story?

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