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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Tony admit?
(a) He never wanted to invite his family over to the Sycamore's home.
(b) Wishing he had never met the Sycamores or Alice.
(c) Setting off the fireworks in the basement.
(d) Purposely having brought his parents to the Sycamore house on the wrong night for dinner.

2. Where might Tony have gotten the idea to leave the firm?
(a) From his father.
(b) From spending time with the Sycamores.
(c) From his desire to have more money.
(d) From his friends.

3. What do Ed and Donald do?
(a) Give the Kerbys enormous hugs.
(b) Run to the corner grocery to buy some suitable dinner items.
(c) Begin to cry.
(d) Hide in the basement.

4. What had Penny begun for Mr. DePinna?
(a) A script.
(b) New fireworks.
(c) A dance.
(d) A painting.

5. To what does the family sit down?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Lunch.
(c) A performance by Essie.
(d) A performance by Essie, Ed, Mr. DePinna, and Paul.

6. What do not provide long-term satisfaction?
(a) Good jobs in firms.
(b) Empty goals.
(c) Authority positions.
(d) Government positions.

7. What does the doorbell announce?
(a) The arrival of Gay Wellington.
(b) The arrival of the agency men.
(c) The arrival of Mr. Kirby.
(d) The arrival of Mr. Henderson.

8. How does Mr. Kirby react when Tony tells him he plans to leave the family firm?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is sad.
(c) He is shocked.
(d) He is thrilled.

9. What does Essie urge Ed to do?
(a) Call the police.
(b) Stop complaining.
(c) Stop selling candy.
(d) Stay at home.

10. What does the family have for the guest(s)?
(a) New menus with many entrees from which to choose.
(b) Nothing available to serve the Kirbys on such short notice.
(c) A trivia game.
(d) A beautifully cooked meal.

11. What is contrasting about the guest(s) and the Sycamores?
(a) Mr. Henderson is very angry, while the Sycamores are cheerful and pleasant.
(b) Gay Wellington is stumbling around the room, while the Sycamores are quietly working on individual projects.
(c) The formal dress of Mr. and Mrs. Kirby starkly contrasts with the Sycamores and their houseguests.
(d) Tony is nervous, while the Sycamores are relaxed and amiable.

12. What does Tony want his parents to realize?
(a) He had been the one to be passing out Communist propaganda.
(b) His love for Alice surpasses any quirks of the Sycamore family.
(c) He enjoys spending time with the Sycamores more than with them.
(d) He will no longer be visiting them.

13. Why does Penny change into her artist costume?
(a) She wants to play dress-up.
(b) She is enthused at the prospect of a new creative outlet.
(c) Penny is going to paint a portrait of Tony.
(d) Essie wants to take a photograph of her in her costume.

14. What does the Grand Duchess Olga do for a living?
(a) She teaches ballet.
(b) She does nothing.
(c) She works as a waitress in a coffee shop.
(d) She sings.

15. To what can this squelching lead?
(a) Empty goals.
(b) Success.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Understanding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is immediately clear upon the arrival of the unexpected guest(s)?

2. Why does Tony make this decision?

3. What is Gay interested in?

4. What does the doorbell bring?

5. How is Paul's fireworks operation uncovered?

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