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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What motivates the Gunman to move from his original position to center stage?
(a) A character moves to the front to speak.
(b) He is checking the agenda located on the table.
(c) He is told to quiet the crowd.
(d) Someone gets into a shoving match with Fatt.

2. How much do Joe and Edna pay for rent?
(a) Five dollars a day.
(b) Ten dollars a week.
(c) Fifteen dollars a month.
(d) Six dollars a week.

3. What is one thing Fatt accuses "reds" of doing?
(a) Turning women into Christians.
(b) Spying on workers.
(c) Turning women into prostitutes.
(d) Supporting bosses against workers.

4. How is Fatt described?
(a) A fat man of porcine appearance.
(b) A round guy with piggy appearance.
(c) A fat man with puffy cheeks.
(d) A red-faced porker.

5. What does Joe mean when he says, "I rode the wheels off the chariot."?
(a) He rode on a bus over 100 miles.
(b) He has done a lot of driving.
(c) The front wheel has fallen off his motorcycle.
(d) His cab has a flat tire.

6. What does Edna fear will happen to the kids' bodies if they don't eat better?
(a) Sick bones and crooked spines.
(b) Crooked spines and swollen legs.
(c) Underweight and weak bones.
(d) Colds and club feet.

7. What does Fatt do to send the Gunman back to his original position?
(a) He waves his hand.
(b) He tells the Gunman to let the character speak.
(c) He asks the workers to sit down.
(d) Nothing.

8. What is the last action in Scene 3?
(a) Fayette throws Miller out of the office.
(b) Miller punches Fayette in the nose.
(c) Miller finally agrees to spy on his supervisor.
(d) Miller storms out of the office.

9. What is Joe paying his dues to?
(a) A Masonic order.
(b) The Rotary Club.
(c) A union.
(d) The country club.

10. Who is Lefty?
(a) Chairman of the workers committee.
(b) The best card player in the poker game.
(c) A left-handed worker.
(d) A spy for the union.

11. What is the role of the character chewing on a toothpick?
(a) To get the minutes approved.
(b) To bring food.
(c) To maintain order.
(d) To keep score for the game.

12. Why is a character called a "red?"
(a) He disagrees with the union workers.
(b) He disagrees with the union representative.
(c) He wears a red tie to the meeting.
(d) His face is red with anger.

13. How does Joe feel about being the man of the house?
(a) He does not believe women can think for themselves.
(b) He likes making the important decisions.
(c) That's just the way it is.
(d) He wishes he could be a kid again.

14. How does Odets foreshadow some of the main characters in the play?
(a) Has them all speak in Scene 1.
(b) Blacklists them for expulsion from the union.
(c) Makes them members of the workers' committee.
(d) Reveals each one slowly as the "voice."

15. Who has ordered the research in Laboratory A?
(a) Private industry.
(b) Uncle Sam.
(c) A local research hospital.
(d) A philantropy organization.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Fayette's attitude toward unskilled workers?

2. Why is the boss meeting with Miller?

3. What does Edna mean when she says, "Everything was gonna be so ducky!"?

4. What does it mean to "take a run-out powder?"

5. To whom is the first character speaking?

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