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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What turn does Vivian's vocabulary take in Scene 5?
(a) A turn for the colloquial.
(b) A turn for the Anglo-Saxon.
(c) A turn for the less eloquent.
(d) A turn for the vernacular.

2. What food does Susie offer Vivian?
(a) A Popsicle.
(b) Soup.
(c) Jell-O.
(d) A slushie.

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

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

5. What does Susie want to discuss with Vivian?
(a) Whether or not she will continue with the next treatment cycle.
(b) Who she would like to have claim her body.
(c) Her preferences for transitional care.
(d) Her wishes about medical interventions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who convinces Vivian to go to her test when she imagines she is teaching?

2. What does Susie offer to get for Vivian to comfort her?

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

4. What does Vivian say the reader of the sonnet wants to do to the speaker when she imagines she is teaching?

5. What test does Vivian have to have done when she is interrupted while she imagines she is teaching?

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