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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alice Sycamore do for a living?
(a) She sells candy with Ed.
(b) She is a banker in a firm on Wall Street.
(c) She is a secretary at a Wall Street firm.
(d) She makes fireworks with her father.

2. Why does Alice say about everything in the world?
(a) It is beautiful.
(b) It is dirty.
(c) It is disgusting.
(d) It is sad.

3. What does Alice declare?
(a) The dance is beautiful.
(b) The painting is the most beautiful one she has ever seen.
(c) The fireworks' red glow is beautiful.
(d) She wants to begin reading the book immediately.

4. Who does Alice find?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Her mother.

5. What does Penny assume about the man standing in the doorway?
(a) He is from the IRS.
(b) He is looking for Ed.
(c) He is the neighbor.
(d) He is Alice's date.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does this person show Alice?

2. Who does Alice think the visitor might be?

3. How is Alice compared to the rest of her family?

4. How might Tony feel about being interrupted by Alice's family members?

5. Who does Grandpa not know?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the scene become more confusing? How would this add more stress to Alice's already stressed-out life?

2. How does Mr. Kirby respond to Grandpa's philosophy? How do the Kirbys and Sycamores begin to become one cohesive family?

3. What is Grandpa's philosophy on life? How does this relate to the title of the play?

4. How does the family respond to this crisis? How does this prolong the hilarity of this scene for the audience?

5. What do these strangers uncover? To what does this lead?

6. What do Alice and Tony do after they return from their date? What does this show about their relationship?

7. What is realized about both families? How might this affect Alice and Tony's relationship?

8. What have Paul Sycamore and Mr. DePinna been doing? Why is this odd?

9. How is the household continuing as usual that evening? How are the characters even more strange than initially thought?

10. Describe Rheba and her actions in this scene. Why do the playwrights say she is African American? Could someone who is not African American play this role?

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