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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 happened to A's husband's shoulder?
(a) He got into a fight and injured it.
(b) He fell and broke it.
(c) He dislocated it.
(d) He was shot.

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

3. What expression does A use that B laughs at?
(a) "Get fresh."
(b) "Tonic water."
(c) "Poppycock."
(d) "Silly goose."

4. Why does A start crying in act 1, part 3?
(a) Because Sis is dead.
(b) Because she has shrunk.
(c) Because she isn't pretty anymore.
(d) Because she knows she is dying.

5. According to C, why are B and C not as excited about the movie star as A is?
(a) They are Democrats.
(b) They didn't like his movies.
(c) They don't go to the movies.
(d) They are too young to recognize his name.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who breaks a glass in Act 1, Part 2?

2. Why does A begin to cry in Act 1, Part 1?

3. Who is sitting on the bench, at the foot of the bed, at the beginning of Act 1?

4. What are A's favorite gemstones?

5. Who were the only "colored" people that A knew?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does A say about her living will in Act 2, Part 1?

2. How do A and C feel about jewelry?

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

4. How does A's son feel about her use of racial slurs?

5. What happened during the bracelet incident?

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

7. What do B and C say about empathy in Act 1, Part 4?

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

9. In Act 1, Part 2, what does C say about A's finances?

10. How did A's father die?

(see the answer keys)

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