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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How might Alice feel about being interrupted by her family members?
(a) Happy.
(b) Angry.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Sad.

2. What is Ironic about Alice's refusal?
(a) Her family is so understanding and loving.
(b) She will meet her future husband at work.
(c) Tony will be the love of her life, if she would only go on a date with him.
(d) She initially refuses Tony's proposal on the grounds that her own family will not be accepted in Tony's world.

3. Why does Alice assume Tony will not be able to accept her family?
(a) She has a difficult time believing they can be accepted.
(b) Tony has already complained about her family's odd behavior.
(c) Tony is very critical.
(d) No one else accepts her family.

4. Who does Grandpa not know?
(a) Alice is in love with Tony.
(b) That Penny has left.
(c) Essie has hired a ballet instructor.
(d) Any of the graduates.

5. What do the authors show, despite the difficulties and differences in Alice's family?
(a) Tony dislike of the family.
(b) Her love for the family.
(c) The family's love for the Kirbys.
(d) They Kirby's love for the family.

6. What does Alice agree to do?
(a) Run away with Tony.
(b) Marry Tony.
(c) Leave her family.
(d) Forget about Tony.

7. What might be some of the unusual noises heard throughout the apartment?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) A party in the basement.
(c) The construction of fireworks.
(d) Creaking of the old house.

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

9. Whose son is Tony?
(a) A famous actor.
(b) A professor.
(c) The headmaster of a prep school.
(d) The firm's owner.

10. On what does Penny comment?
(a) Alice's new shoes.
(b) The new dress Alice is wearing.
(c) Alice's huge smile.
(d) Alice's makeup.

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

12. What scenario mirrors the challenges of the American family endured during the dire economic times of the Depression?
(a) The lack of the acceptance of Alice's family by Tony.
(b) Alice and Tony being unsure if they have enough in common.
(c) Alice's desire to be a career woman.
(d) Alice's love for the family in spite of difficulties and differences.

13. What is Mr. Henderson's job?
(a) To revoke his driver's license.
(b) To force him to come to jury duty.
(c) To explain the tax situation to Grandpa.
(d) To offer him a job.

14. What does Tony mention about his family?
(a) They are also very odd.
(b) Everyone has difficulty with family dynamics.
(c) They are better than Alice's family.
(d) They are perfect.

15. Why might Tony feel the way he does about the Sycamore family?
(a) They are not as kind as his family.
(b) They are more accepting than his own family.
(c) They are strange and unusual.
(d) They do not seem to like him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Alice feel she has to refuse this?

2. Who has come for dinner with the Sycamore family?

3. What takes place at Columbia University?

4. Why does Alice declare this?

5. What does Grandpa enjoy doing?

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