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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 was A's husband doing when he injured his shoulder?
(a) Playing sports.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Painting the house.
(d) Drinking at a bar.

2. Why does the bracelet incident affect A so deeply?
(a) It was the event that precipitated her divorce.
(b) It ends her joy in sex.
(c) It leaves physical scars on her that make it hard for her to forget the incident.
(d) Her son was present when it happened.

3. What does A talk about at the end of Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Her son.
(b) Her friends' deaths.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Sis's first marriage.

4. Who were the only "colored" people that A knew?
(a) Girls she went to school with.
(b) Girls she worked with.
(c) The "help."
(d) Her neighbors.

5. According to A, Sis and her mother hated what part of A's personality?
(a) Her stubbornness.
(b) Her compassion.
(c) Her strength.
(d) Her adaptability.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to A, who took advantage of Sis?

2. Who is A?

3. Who is B?

4. When did the incident with the bracelet occur between A and her husband?

5. Who does A refer to as "a real smart little Jew?"

Short Essay Questions

1. How do A, B, and C react to the son's arrival?

2. How does C respond when A tells her to "grow up" in Act 2, Part 1?

3. How did Sis feel about A's dating habits?

4. How does C describe herself in Act 2, Part 1?

5. What does B represent?

6. What does C decide to do after her conversation with B about death?

7. What does A say about riding in Act 1, Part 2?

8. What reassurance does C plead with A and B for, in Act 2, Part 4?

9. What is the significance of Sis's character?

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

(see the answer keys)

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