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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. Who asks Joan to finish her story about giving birth?
(a) Nijo.
(b) Isabella.
(c) Dull Gret.
(d) Marlene.

2. According to Joan, what the pope says is:
(a) The truth.
(b) Rarely spiritual.
(c) Often a lie.
(d) Sometimes confusing.

3. The job Jeanine will interview for with less pay also offers:
(a) Few benefits.
(b) A busy schedule.
(c) Travel once a month.
(d) Better prospects.

4. What kind of ghost did Angie think she heard?
(a) Ghost of a dead dog.
(b) Ghost of her father.
(c) Ghost of her mother.
(d) Ghost of a dead kitten.

5. Why do people think Angie is strange?
(a) She hangs out with someone much older.
(b) She does not have any friends.
(c) She frightened all the friends she had.
(d) She hangs out with someone much younger.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many job interviews does Marlene come up with for Jeanine?

2. Angie says that she dreamed:

3. What does Kit do while waiting for Angie to finish cleaning her room?

4. What is the main topic of conversation in Act 1, Part 2?

5. By the end of Act 1, Part 3, which woman's story seems the least probable or realistic?

Short Essay Questions

1. Based on what you know about Louise's character, how might she act when she returns to her office today?

2. Why might Churchill have left Jeanine with the two job possibilities that she did?

3. Does Marlene really thinks Angie is stupid and strange?

4. How do Marlene and Joyce struggle for power over the way each one remembers the past?

5. What is the significance of the menstrual blood exchange between Kit and Angie? Are they trying to prove anything here?

6. What is ironic about Mrs. Kidd's claim that Howard needs the increase in salary?

7. Why might Churchill have included a scene between Marlene and a character like Jeanine? How are they similar or different?

8. What might be a more symbolic reason Angie wants all the women to wear the perfume?

9. Why might Marlene have asked Joan if she considered not having the baby?

10. Based on what you know of Marlene's character from the play, do you think she would do things differently if she had the chance?

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