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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Will sleep, according to Lily Dale?
(a) Will sleeps the whole night through.
(b) Will sleep walks.
(c) Will does not sleep.
(d) Will tosses and turns all night long.

2. When does Will say Bill was his happiest?
(a) When he was drinking.
(b) When he was playing the piano.
(c) When he was studying.
(d) When he was sailing.

3. What does Will say the young man from Atlanta's relationship to Bill is?
(a) Will says the young man is Bill's former roommate.
(b) Will says the young man is Bill's lover.
(c) Will says the young man is Bill's cousin.
(d) Will says the young man is Bill's former racquetball partner.

4. What does Will say Lily Dale has become since Bill's death?
(a) Extremely disconnected.
(b) Extremely happy.
(c) Extremely religious.
(d) Extremely touchy.

5. From what company is Pete retired?
(a) Davenport and Kidder, attorneys at law.
(b) Southern Pacific Railway.
(c) Houston Bank and Trust.
(d) Sunshine Produce.

6. Who calls Will while he's talking to Tom?
(a) Carson.
(b) The young man from Atlanta.
(c) Clara.
(d) Lily Dale.

7. How old does Will say he was when he went to work for Sunshine?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Twenty-six.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Thirty.

8. How does Will say his wife's brother lost his second son?
(a) In an air raid over Germany.
(b) He joined a cult.
(c) In a boating accident.
(d) To alcoholism.

9. Where is Will at the top of the play?
(a) On the street waiting for the trolley.
(b) In his garage working on his Packard.
(c) At his desk looking at house plans.
(d) In his living room drinking coffee.

10. Who does Clara say will take care of Lily Dale?
(a) Clara.
(b) God.
(c) Etta Doris.
(d) Pete.

11. Why hasn't Lily Dale gone near the piano since Bill died?
(a) It seems too significant.
(b) It seems too frivolous.
(c) It seems too emotional.
(d) It seems too cruel.

12. What does Will say when Lily Dale tells him the young man from Atlanta's story?
(a) "I can't believe you lied to me!"
(b) "Bull."
(c) "Well, now I've heard everything."
(d) "I want a divorce."

13. When Lily Dale asks Will when her new car is arriving, what does he say?
(a) Will says it will arrive next month.
(b) Will says it will arrive next week.
(c) Will says it arrived earlier in the afternoon.
(d) Will says that may have to wait awhile.

14. How does Lily Dale say the maids would disappoint their bosses?
(a) By telling their secrets around town.
(b) By painting their door posts.
(c) By burning their houses down.
(d) By not showing up for work.

15. What does Pete tell Lily Dale about her financial situation?
(a) Pete says Will is making their troubles out to be worse than they actually are.
(b) Pete says Will and Lily Dale will certainly pull out of it.
(c) Pete says he and Lily Dale's mother had to contend with worse conditions.
(d) Pete says Will and Lily Dale are in very bad shape.

Short Answer Questions

1. What's Susette's "burden"?

2. What does Will say about his family's financial situation after his father died?

3. Carson brings along a picture of who?

4. What does Carson say when Pete asks him about Bill's becoming religious?

5. What is Will's attitude about the New Deal?

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