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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ed need to do?
(a) Work on fireworks.
(b) Make dinner.
(c) Help with the painting project.
(d) Make his candy deliveries.

3. Who is Gay Wellington?
(a) A family member.
(b) Tony's aunt.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) An actress.

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

5. With what does Mr. DePinna emerge from the basement?
(a) More fireworks.
(b) An old photograph of the family.
(c) Old clothing to donate to the poor.
(d) A painting of himself as a discus thrower.

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

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

8. What is Gay interested in?
(a) Singing.
(b) Writing plays.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Drinking gin.

9. Why has Kolenkhov brought her to the Sycamore house?
(a) For dinner.
(b) To teach Essie.
(c) To meet this extraordinary family.
(d) To practice her English.

10. What does Essie want Ed to do?
(a) Quit his job and stay at home with her, dancing.
(b) Call the police and tell them that a strange man is following him.
(c) Return as soon as possible so that he can play the xylophone for her lesson with Mr. Kolenkhov.
(d) Go to work and enjoy himself.

11. After Grandpa's philosophizing, what does Mr. Kirby decide to do?
(a) Quit his job.
(b) Join the family in the evening's dinner.
(c) Move to another state.
(d) Go home to his wife.

12. What is Alice preparing to do?
(a) Go to the office to get away from her family.
(b) Leave for a trip to the Adirondacks so that she can be alone to think.
(c) Return to life as if nothing happened.
(d) Go to her room and never come out.

13. Why do Rheba and Donald feel compassion for the Kirbys?
(a) They are not comfortable with disruptions to their schedules, let alone the public humiliation of arrest.
(b) Their son is marrying into the Sycamore family.
(c) They are kind people who did not deserve to be punished along with the Sycamores.
(d) They are normal people who have now gotten themselves involved with a very unusual family.

14. In what does Tony remain undaunted?
(a) His love for his family.
(b) His need to end the relationship.
(c) His vigil to reach Alice before she leaves.
(d) His desire to go home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tony hope?

2. What is Olga anxious to do?

3. How does Mr. Kirby react when Tony tells him he plans to leave the family firm?

4. How does the second act open?

5. What do Ed and Donald do?

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