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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. How does C feel about A and B in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) C gets along well with both A and B.
(b) C likes A, but feels that B is always picking on her.
(c) C feels that they are ganging up on her.
(d) C likes B, but feels that A is always picking on her.

2. What do A and B tease C about?
(a) Being a snob.
(b) Not having a sense of humor.
(c) Being too uptight.
(d) Not paying attention.

3. Why does A feel that she always had to be strong?
(a) Because she didn't have faith in anyone but herself.
(b) Because she didn't have anyone to depend on.
(c) Because no one else was.
(d) Because she had so much misfortune in her life.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did A's husband often buy her?

2. How does C respond to A's situation at the end of Act 1, Part 4?

3. Why was A jealous of Sis?

4. What does A's son sometimes bring when he comes to visit?

5. Who told A they would not come to see her if she continued to use words like "wop"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. According to B, how did her affair with the groom end?

8. What happened to A's arm?

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

10. What does B mean when she says that they were with one man for forty years, "more or less"?

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