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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 comment does B make to C, regarding A's bathroom habits?
(a) A should be using a bedpan at night.
(b) A should be able to get to the bathroom by herself.
(c) A takes too long in the bathroom, and B can never use it.
(d) Just when B gets A in her chair, A has to go.

2. What does A say about Sis in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) She drank.
(b) She had an abortion.
(c) She was murdered.
(d) She was promiscuous.

3. What does B tell C about empathy?
(a) That having too much empathy can be bad for a person.
(b) That empathy is an unnecessary emotion.
(c) That C will be old soon enough and won't have to imagine what it's like.
(d) That she should be more empathetic so that people will be empathetic with her when she is old.

4. What does A say about people at the beginning of Act 1, Part 2?
(a) No one is ever completely honest.
(b) People's intentions are often better than their actions.
(c) People often hide their fears.
(d) Everybody wants something.

5. A refers repeatedly to the fact that Sis did what?
(a) Had an abortion.
(b) Shoplifted.
(c) Drank.
(d) Dated girls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were A's favorite pieces of jewelry?

2. How does A feel about the fact that most of her friends are dead?

3. Why does A start crying in act 1, part 3?

4. What did A lie about to impress her future husband?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What qualities did Sis have that made A jealous of her?

2. What happens at the end of Act 2, Part 2?

3. To whom is A referring when she uses the pronoun "he"?

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

5. What does A say about her son in Act 1, Part 4?

6. How did A's father die?

7. What does B say about the best time of life?

8. What is B's rationale for the racist words that A uses?

9. What happens as A dies?

10. How does B reassure a weeping A when she can't remember details in Act 1, Part 3?

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