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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Tony ask Alice to do this?
(a) He will have thought of so many new things to say.
(b) He does not want her to forget him.
(c) He cares about her.
(d) He does not want her to forget to pack anything important.

2. Who is Mr. Henderson?
(a) A man to whom Ed sells candy.
(b) He is Alice's date.
(c) The man from the Internal Revenue Service.
(d) He is the neighbor.

3. Who passes Mr. Henderson in the hall?
(a) Tony.
(b) Alice.
(c) Mr. Kolenkhov.
(d) Paul.

4. What must Alice and Tony do?
(a) Face her family.
(b) Get packed to run away.
(c) Say goodbye and end their relationship.
(d) Part for the evening.

5. Why does Alice tell Tony she cannot marry him?
(a) He can never understand her family.
(b) She is already married.
(c) Her family does not approve of him.
(d) She no longer loves him.

6. Who is the patriarch of this zany family?
(a) Paul Sycamore.
(b) Ed Carmichael.
(c) Grandpa Vanderhof.
(d) Tony Kirby.

7. What genre of play is "You Can't Take It With You?"
(a) Romantic comedy.
(b) Science fiction.
(c) Non-fiction.
(d) Historical fiction.

8. What is the purpose of the cluttered and chaotic living room of Grandpa Vanderhof?
(a) The characters are headed here in the first scene.
(b) The characters discuss this location in the first scene.
(c) It is the setting for part of the first scene.
(d) It is where the play opens.

9. Why might Tony like Alice's family?
(a) They give great presents.
(b) They are so different from his own.
(c) The dinners are superb.
(d) They are very similar to his family.

10. Why must the two part for the evening?
(a) It is late.
(b) They have broken up.
(c) They are in an argument.
(d) Alice's family does not like Tony.

11. From where does Penny's daughter arrive?
(a) Creating fireworks.
(b) An art gallery.
(c) Selling candy.
(d) Work.

12. What does Alice ask her family to do?
(a) To leave the house.
(b) To keep Tony away from her.
(c) To hide in their rooms.
(d) To please behave tonight.

13. Why does Paul show Alice his new fireworks?
(a) He wants to show off.
(b) He wants her to learn to make fireworks too.
(c) He loves her and wants to include her in his hobby.
(d) He is trying to get her away from Tony.

14. From what type of family does Alice come?
(a) One that accepts anyone, regardless of nationality or profession.
(b) One that is not accepting of others.
(c) One that is fairly typical.
(d) One that is similar to the Kirbys.

15. What does Alice say to Tony?
(a) Goodnight.
(b) Goodbye.
(c) Wait.
(d) Come in.

Short Answer Questions

1. How might Tony's family compare to Alice's?

2. What occurs in the basement?

3. Why is what this person shows her important?

4. Whose son is Tony?

5. Why might Tony feel the way he does about the Sycamore family?

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