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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 is the Arab's stock reply to almost everything?
(a) "No foundation, all the way down the line."
(b) "What goes around, comes around."
(c) "Make hay while the sun shines."
(d) "The early bird gets the worm."

2. What does Harry do while the other men in the bar engage in a spirited conversation?
(a) Plays the phonograph.
(b) Reads the newspaper.
(c) Works on his dance routine.
(d) Plays the marble machine.

3. What is the woman's first name?
(a) Marie
(b) Mary
(c) Maddy
(d) Marta

4. For whom does Joe call out and then whistle for?
(a) Tom.
(b) Willie.
(c) The newsboy.
(d) Nick.

5. What does Nick yell at Willie?
(a) "You have a phone call!"
(b) "Closing time, Willie!"
(c) "You can't beat the machine!!!"
(d) "One more for the road?"

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the men dances with Kitty?

2. What nationality is Nick?

3. Why does Joe give Tom a nickel?

4. What does Joe send Tom out to buy?

5. Who buys all the papers the newsboy has?

Short Essay Questions

1. What job does Nick agree to pay Wesley to do?

2. How does Tom behave when he discovers Kitty is a prostitute?

3. How does the author show that Joe is trying to be a better person?

4. How does Joe engage the woman sitting alone at the center table in the bar?

5. What role do music and creativity play in the drama?

6. How is Tom described in Act 1?

7. How does Kitty respond when Nick insinuates that she is a prostitute?

8. How does Joe verbally keep Tom in a subordinate position?

9. How is Kitty Duval described in Act 1?

10. A man called The Arab has a standard answer for everything. What does the Arab say?

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