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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Susie call Vivian when she comes into her room to take care of the alarm?
(a) Darlin'.
(b) Sweetheart.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Hon.

2. What does Vivian say is the trouble when she breaks down in tears?
(a) She wants to go home.
(b) She is scared.
(c) She is angry.
(d) She does not understand why she got cancer.

3. What does Vivian say she is learning to do during her course of chemotherapy treatment?
(a) To be patient.
(b) To suffer.
(c) To sleep.
(d) To survive.

4. What does Susie take with her when she leaves Vivian's room at the end of Scene 5?
(a) The IV.
(b) Vivian's washbasin.
(c) Vivian's hospital bed.
(d) The wheelchair.

5. What does Susie tell Vivian about her cancer?
(a) It is not being cured.
(b) It has not changed since her diagnosis.
(c) It has spread to her brain.
(d) It is in remission.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the Holy Sonnets does Vivian recite when she imagines she is teaching?

2. What food does Susie offer Vivian?

3. What does Vivian describe as “mildly uncomfortable” in Scene 5?

4. What time of day was it when Vivian got Susie to come in her room at the opening of Scene 13?

5. Who interrupts Vivian's lecture when she imagines she is teaching?

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